Ellipsis, when applied to grammar, is the elegant omission of one or more words of a sentence.
An Ellipsis, when applied to grammar, is the elegant omission of one or more words in a sentence.
These examples will serve to illustrate what we mean by relative action, when applied to natural philosophy or the construction of language.
When applied to a lighted candle it takes fire, swells considerably, and exhales a white smoke of a pungent odour; but does not run into drops.
It is hard and difficult to break; when applied to the tongue, it excites a pungent alkaline taste.
This compound, when applied repeatedly in a moderately damp place to bronze, gives it in a short time a durable green coat, which becomes by degrees very beautiful.
But we imagine that no one but the doctor and his disciples will contend that it expresses the same complex idea when applied to slaves, which is expressed by it when applied to inanimate objects, or to brute beasts.
His definition is not its exact meaning, when applied to a slave.
As an illustration of the meaning generally attached to these and similar terms, when applied to the Canaanites in Scripture, we refer the reader to the history of the Amalekites.
We repeat it, the only ground of proof that these terms are to be interpreted to mean, when applied to servants in the Bible, the same that they mean when applied to our slaves, is the terms themselves.
The word instinct, when applied to the intellect, is clearly taken in a different sense than it is when applied to irrational animals.
What, then, might not have been expected from his genius, when applied to a department upon which the light of science had scarcely dawned?
It had been long known to farmers in the neighbourhood of Doncaster, that lime made from a certain limestone, when applied to the land, often injured the crops considerably.
This illustration of the rules of evidence, when appliedto scientific inquiries, leads me to refer to one of the favorite postulates of the evolution school.
That is the very meaning of creation in its primary and philosophical sense; and, when applied to works of the human imagination, it presents to us an idea that is perfectly capable of representation in thought.
This masculine selective process, when applied to nations, does not produce the same result as when applied to single opposing animals.
Amusingly enough, or absurdly enough; when applied to society, it eliminates the fit, and leaves the unfit to perpetuate the race!
When applied with a light and even touch the resemblance is considerable.
When applied it should not he left on too long, as it is apt to cause ulceration of the part.
When applied to the Gums When applied to the gums, care should be taken to use a leech glass, as they are apt to creep down the patient's throat: a large swan's quill will answer the purpose of a leech glass.
As a local stimulant it is well known, as regards its effects in hysterics, faintness, and lassitude, when applied to the nose, as common smelling salts.
Nor is it, when applied to duration, the bare negation of existence, but more properly the last moment of it.
I have not the slightest intention of entering the field of polemics; I wished merely to direct attention to the widely diverging results of this principle, when applied by Thucydides, or the Abbe Raynal.
The word people, on the contrary, when applied to an aggregation of individuals living under the same government, implies no immediate consanguineous ties among them.
When applied to a noun, it signifies a certain relation of the word to the attributives connected with it, by which amor is distinguished from cupido.
When applied to an adjective, {39} it signifies a certain form, by which bonus is distinguished from bona.
When applied in lotions every night for five or six times consecutively, it will heal indolent ulcers; and its rubefacient effects serve instead of those produced externally by mustard.
Carrots boiled sufficiently, and mashed into a pulp, when applied directly to a putrid, indolent sore, will sweeten and heal it.
The leaves, when applied externally to a delicate skin will blister it.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "when applied" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
