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installation|ɪnstɔːˈleɪʃən, -stə-|
[ad. med.L. installātiōn-em, n. of action f. installāre to install. Cf. F. installation (1349 in Godef. Compl.).]
1. a. The action of installing or fact of being installed; the ceremony of formally inducting (a person) into an ecclesiastical dignity, an order of knighthood, or an official position; hence, formal establishment in any office or position.
1606Holland Sueton. 127 Being nominated to succeede Augur..before his inuesture and installation therein, he was aduanced to the sacerdotall dignitie of a Pontifie. 1726Ayliffe Parergon 303 So is Installation, in respect of Ecclesiastical Dignities, equivalent unto Collation in respect of simple Benefices. 1823Lingard Hist. Eng. VI. 215 The cardinal [Wolsey] had invited the nobility of the county to assist at his installation. 1831Brewster Newton (1855) I. iv. 69 The Duke of Buckingham's installation as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. 1840Macaulay Ess., Clive (1887) 532 The..Nizam came thither..and the ceremony of his installation was performed there with great pomp.
attrib.1776Adam Smith W.N. i. xi. iii. (1869) I. 188 In 1309, Ralph de Born, Prior of St. Augustine's, Canterbury, gave a feast upon his installation-day. 1874Green Short Hist. vi. §5. 324 On the eve of his installation-feast, he [Wolsey] was arrested on a charge of high treason.
b. In U.S. = instalment 1 b.
1846in Worcester.
2. The action of setting up or fixing in position for service or use (machinery, apparatus, or the like); a mechanical apparatus set up or put in position for use; spec. used to include all the necessary plant, materials and work required to equip rooms or buildings with electric light. [F. installation.] Also attrib.
1882C. W. Siemens in Nature XXVII. 69/2 From the experience of large installations, I consider that electricity can..be produced in London at a cost of about one shilling per 10,000 Ampère-Volts. 1882Pop. Sci. Monthly XXI. 578 The final form adopted in electric installations. 1894H. Drummond Ascent Man 365 Childhood in its early stage is a series of installations and trials of the new machinery. 1896Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 353 This [battery] can be used either in the consulting room or in the patient's home, and is therefore superior to a fixed installation. 1898Engineering Mag. XVI. 48 The installation cost is a matter of estimate. 1908Installation News II. 56/2 Competent to act as installation inspector. 1921Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §690 Installation engineer.., a technical engineer who interviews prospective consumers and points out advantages of electric light or power and advises them as to installation, etc. Ibid. §692 Installation inspector. 1962Gloss. Terms Automatic Data Processing (B.S.I.) 52 Installation time, time spent in installing, commissioning, testing, and approving equipment.
Add:3. Art. A large art work (esp. a sculpture) specially created or constructed for display within a gallery, museum, or other site; an exhibition of such works. orig. U.S.
1969Year Bk. 1968 177/1 The Nelson Gallery of Art commissioned environment installations from eight artists, creating a dramatic installation with light and sound as well as structural elements. 1974Times 19 Feb. 15/6 Until the end of this week, the Lisson gallery is showing an ‘installation’ by the American sculptor and critic Donald Judd... Judd's earlier work..consisted of huge blank metal boxes arranged in symmetrical rows. 1976New Yorker 9 Feb. 27/1 No use to say that Mrs. Rose had ‘hung’ the show; ‘installations’ are more the mood of the day, and Mrs. Rose showed us a number of drawings that had been applied directly to the walls of the museum. 1987Art & Design Oct. 29/2 The sculptors..made assemblages and installations of, amongst other things, fast food counters and sleazy bars. 1990Mediamatic Summer (Edge 90: Special Issue) 175 His..three simultaneous installations last year at Bristol's Arnolfini gallery, the MOMA, Oxford and Matt's Gallery, London, all dealt with the straightforward wish to integrate interior and exterior space. |