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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Installation \In`stal*la"tion\, n. [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.) 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: installation n 1: the act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes" [syn: {installing}, {installment}] 2: something created to provide a particular service; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility" [syn: {facility}] 3: a formal entry into a position or office; "his initiation into the club"; "he was ordered to report for induction into the arm" [syn: {initiation}, {induction}]
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