installation
noun /ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃn/
/ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃn/
- installation costs
- Installation of the new system will take several days.
- a heating installation
- [uncountable] the act of putting a new program onto a computer
- installation of the software
- [countable] a place where specialist equipment is kept and used
- a military installation
- [uncountable] the act of placing somebody in a new position of authority, often with a ceremony
- the installation of the new chancellor
- [countable] (art) a piece of modern sculpture that is made using sound, light, etc. as well as objectsTopics Artc2
Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin installatio(n-), from the verb installare, from in- ‘into’ + stallum ‘place, stall’.