installation
See also: Installation
English
Etymology
From Middle French installation, from Medieval Latin installātiō. By surface analysis, install + -ation. Compare with Piedmontese istallassion.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɪnstəˈleɪʃən]
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
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.
Derived terms
- installation art
- post-installation
- reinstallation
- unattended installation
- uninstallation
Translations
act of installing
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something installed
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work of installation art
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facilities which constitute a permanent military base
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Further reading
installation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃s.ta.la.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “installation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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