INSTALLATION

installation, installing, installment, instalment

(noun) the act of installing something (as equipment); “the telephone installation took only a few minutes”

facility, installation

(noun) a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; “the assembly plant is an enormous facility”

initiation, induction, installation

(noun) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

installation (countable and uncountable, plural installations)

An act of installing.

Something installed, especially 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.

A work of installation art.

A grouping of facilities that constitute a permanent military base.

Source: Wiktionary


In`stal*la"tion, n. Etym: [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.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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