installation

See also: Installation

English

Etymology

From Middle French installation, from Medieval Latin installatio

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɪnstəˈleɪʃən]
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

installation (countable and uncountable, plural installations)

  1. An act of installing.
  2. 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.
  3. A work of installation art.
  4. A grouping of facilities that constitute a permanent military base

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French

Etymology

installer + -ation

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃s.ta.la.sjɔ̃/
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Noun

installation f (plural installations)

  1. installation

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