instantiate
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in·stan·ti·ate 
[in-stan-shee-eyt] Pronunciation Key
[in-stan-shee-eyt] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object), -at·ed, -at·ing.
| to provide an instance of or concrete evidence in support of (a theory, concept, claim, or the like). |
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| in·stan·ti·ate
(ĭn-stān'shē-āt') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. in·stan·ti·at·ed, in·stan·ti·at·ing, in·stan·ti·ates To represent (an abstract concept) by a concrete or tangible example: "Two apples ... both instantiate the single universal redness" (J. Holloway). [Latin īnstantia, example; see instance + -ate1.] in·stan'ti·a'tion n., in·stan'tia·tive (-stān'shə-tĭv) adj. |
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| instantiation | |
noun | |
| a representation of an idea in the form of an instance of it; "how many instantiations were found?" |
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instantiation programming
Producing a more defined version of some object by replacing variables with values (or other variables).
1. In object-oriented programming, producing a particular object from its class template. This involves allocation of a structure with the types specified by the template, and initialisation of instance variables with either default values or those provided by the class's constructor function.
2. In unification, (as used in logic programming, type checking and type inference), binding a logic variable (type variable) to some value (type).
(1995-03-28)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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