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Applied Industrial Technologies Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 12/31/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 1/29/21, at 1:08pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/20   ·   Accession #:  109563-21-28   ·   File #:  1-02299

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 1/29/21  Applied Industrial Techs Inc.     10-Q       12/31/20   58:7.4M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    897K 
 2: EX-31       Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 3: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     19K 
10: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     69K 
11: R2          Condensed Statements of Consolidated Income         HTML     77K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
12: R3          Condensed Statements of Consolidated Comprehensive  HTML     56K 
                Income (Unaudited)                                               
13: R4          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML    101K 
14: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML     29K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
15: R6          Condensed Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows     HTML     85K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
16: R7          Condensed Statements of Shareholder's Equity        HTML    133K 
                Condensed Statements of Shareholders' Equity                     
                (Unaudited)                                                      
17: R8          Condensed Statements of Shareholder's Equity        HTML     17K 
                Condensed Statements of Shareholders' Equity                     
                (Unaudited) (Parentheticals)                                     
18: R9          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     23K 
19: R10         Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition             HTML    178K 
20: R11         Business Combinations                               HTML     22K 
21: R12         Goodwill and Intangibles                            HTML     68K 
22: R13         Debt                                                HTML     35K 
23: R14         Derivatives Derivatives                             HTML     23K 
24: R15         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     21K 
25: R16         Shareholders' Equity                                HTML    118K 
26: R17         Segment Information                                 HTML     80K 
27: R18         Other Income, Net                                   HTML     35K 
28: R19         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     27K 
29: R20         Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition (Tables)    HTML    180K 
30: R21         Goodwill and Intangibles (Tables)                   HTML     65K 
31: R22         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     29K 
32: R23         Shareholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML    120K 
33: R24         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     79K 
34: R25         Other Income, Net (Tables)                          HTML     34K 
35: R26         Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition (Details)   HTML     41K 
36: R27         Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition (Details    HTML     71K 
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37: R28         Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition (Details    HTML     49K 
                2)                                                               
38: R29         Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition (Details    HTML     23K 
                3)                                                               
39: R30         Business Combinations Business Combinations         HTML     36K 
                Textuals (Details)                                               
40: R31         Goodwill and Intangibles (Details)                  HTML     40K 
41: R32         Goodwill and Intangibles (Details 1)                HTML     34K 
42: R33         Goodwill and Intangibles (Details2)                 HTML     28K 
43: R34         Goodwill and Intangibles (Details Textuals)         HTML     68K 
44: R35         Debt (Details)                                      HTML     40K 
45: R36         Debt (Textuals) (Details)                           HTML     65K 
46: R37         Derivatives Derivatives (Details)                   HTML     24K 
47: R38         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     21K 
48: R39         Shareholders' Equity Accumulated Other              HTML     85K 
                Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Details)                            
49: R40         Shareholders' Equity (Details) 1                    HTML     66K 
50: R41         Shareholders' Equity (Textuals) (Details)           HTML     19K 
51: R42         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML     46K 
52: R43         Segment Information (Details 1)                     HTML     49K 
53: R44         Segment Information (Details Textuals)              HTML     27K 
54: R45         Other Income, Net (Details)                         HTML     29K 
56: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    102K 
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55: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     71K 
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