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Noun installation has 3 senses
  1. installation, installing, installment, instalment - the act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes"
    --1 is a kind of beginning, start, commencement
    Derived forms: verb install2, verb install1
  2. facility, installation - a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility"
    --2 is a kind of artifact, artefact
    --2 has particulars:
     airfield, landing field, flying field, field; arboretum, botanical garden; athletic facility; backroom; cafeteria facility; communication system, communication equipment; course; depository, deposit, repository; drive-in; forum, assembly, meeting place; gas system; menagerie, zoo, zoological garden; military installation; power system, power grid, grid; range; recreational facility, recreation facility; sewage system, sewer system, sewage works; source; station; transportation system, transportation, transit; utility; water system, water supply, water
    Derived form: verb install3
  3. initiation, induction, installation - a formal entry into an organization or position or office; "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"
    --3 is a kind of ceremony, ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance
    --3 has particulars:
     inauguration, inaugural; coronation, enthronement, enthronization, enthronisation, investiture; bar mitzvah; bat mitzvah, bath mitzvah, bas mitzvah
    Derived form: verb install2
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