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Practical
Definitions
- 1 Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.
"Jack didn't get an engineering degree, but has practical knowledge of metalworking."
- 2 Being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation; able to be put to use.
"Jack's knowledge has the practical benefit of giving us useful prototype parts."
- 3 Of a person, having skills or knowledge that are practical.
"All in all, Jack's a very practical chap."
- 4 Of a prop: having some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation. not-comparable
- 5 Light fixtures used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery.
"Practical lighting can help sell the illusion that the film is a real situation."
- 1 having or put to a practical purpose or use wordnet
- 2 concerned with actual use or practice wordnet
- 3 guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory wordnet
- 4 being actually such in almost every respect wordnet
- 1 A part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability British
- 2 A prop that has some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.
"Practicals are used onstage as they would be used in real life. If the sound cue is to be from a radio or television, give qualities to the recording that will maintain the sense of the medium."
- 3 A light fixture used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery.
"A naturalistic set is normally dressed with all the furnishings and props to be found in a real room. This includes electric light fittings which, when they actually light, are known as practicals."
- 4 Laboratory experiment, test or investigation
Etymology
From Middle English practical, practicale, praktycall, from Medieval Latin practicālis.
From Middle English practical, practicale, praktycall, from Medieval Latin practicālis.
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