installation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of installing something (as equipment)
    installing; installment; instalment.
    • the telephone installation took only a few minutes
  2. noun a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
    facility.
    • the assembly plant is an enormous facility
  3. noun a formal entry into an organization or position or office
    induction; initiation.
    • his initiation into the club
    • he was ordered to report for induction into the army
    • he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame

WordNet

In`stal*la"tion noun
Etymology
F. installation, LL. installatio: cf. It. installazione. See Install.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913