# applying (action)

to put something onto a surface by a tool

- Computed level: L8 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: action  ·  Arena: linguistics

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [put](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-put.placement), [tools](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-tools.tool), [surface](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-surface.exterior)

**Through:** Putting something onto a surface by a tool is this action.

**Novel properties:**
- contact between object and surface
- intentional coverage
- mediated placement

## Examples
- A painter uses a roller to apply emulsion paint to the living room wall of 24 Rue de la Paix in Paris. *(everyday life)*
- Technicians apply thermal paste to the CPU of a Cray-1 supercomputer during 1976 maintenance in Colorado Springs. *(computing)*
- Conservators apply linseed oil with a bristle brush to Leonardo's 'Last Supper' during the 1999 Milan restoration. *(art)*

## Used by
- [limit](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-limit.boundary) (L14)
- [measurement](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-measurement.quantitative) (L12)
- [print](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-print.material) (L13)
- [stranger](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-stranger.unmodeled) (L15)
- [study](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-study.learning) (L11)

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