applying

Etymology

verb

1. present participle and gerund of apply

noun

1. The act of applying; an application.
   The League felt that no benefit could arise from meek and gentle applyings to Parliament […] 1881, Charles Stewart Parnell, Report of the Trial of the Queen
   A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place. Applying a force tangential to the knob is essentially equivalent to applying one perpendicular to a radial line defining the lever. 2012-03, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, pages 112–3