installation.
An act of installing.
Meaning & usage
An act of installing.
The installation of the new software took only a few minutes.
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.
The museum is displaying a modern art installation.
A grouping of facilities that constitute a permanent military base.
A military installation was built near the border.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French installation, from Medieval Latin installātiō. By surface analysis, install + -ation. Compare with Piedmontese istallassion.
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