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in⋅stal⋅la⋅tion

[in-stuh-ley-shuhn]
–noun
1. something installed, as machinery or apparatus placed in position or connected for use.
2. the act of installing.
3. the fact of being installed.
4. Military. any more or less permanent post, camp, station, base, or the like, for the support or carrying on of military activities.

Origin:
1600–10; < ML installātiōn- (s. of installātiō). See install, -ation
Language Translation for : installation
Spanish: instalación, German: die Installierung, Japanese: 任命
in·stal·la·tion     (ĭn'stə-lā'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. The act of installing.
    2. The state of being installed. Also called installment2.
  1. A system of machinery or other apparatus set up for use.
  2. A permanent military base.

installation

noun
1. the act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes" 
2. a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility" [syn: facility
3. a formal entry into an organization or position or office; "his initiation into the club"; "he was ordered to report for induction into the army"; "he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame" [syn: initiation

Installation

In`stal*la"tion\, n. [F. installation, LL. installatio: cf. It. installazione. See Install.]

1. The act of installing or giving possession of an office, rank, or order, with the usual rites or ceremonies; as, the installation of an ordained minister in a parish.

On the election, the bishop gives a mandate for his installation. --Ayliffe.

2. (Mech.) The whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.

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