Practical

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Of or pertaining to practice or action.

II. Practical ·adj Derived from practice; as, practical skill.

III. Practical ·adj Evincing practice or skill; capable of applying knowledge to some useful end; as, a practical man; a practical mind.

IV. Practical ·adj Capable of being turned to use or account; useful, in distinction from ideal or theoretical; as, practical chemistry.

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