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instantiation.

The production of an instance, example, or specific application of a general classification, principle, theory, etc.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ɪnˌstænʃiˈeɪʃən/
  1. The production of an instance, example, or specific application of a general classification, principle, theory, etc.

    uncountable
  2. Something resulting from the act of instantiating; an instance.

    countable
  3. A creation of an instance of some class or template.

    broadly · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

A coinage of the twentieth century, from instantiate + -ion, itself coined in 1946 from instance + -ate. The latter, in the sense "a case, an example", from Middle English instance, from Medieval Latin īnstantia (“a being near, presence; also perseverance, earnestness, importunity, urgency”), from Latin īnstāns (“urgent”); see English instant.

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