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Instantiation
//ɪnˌstænʃiˈeɪʃən// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The production of an instance, example, or specific application of a general classification, principle, theory, etc. uncountable
- 2 a representation of an idea in the form of an instance of it wordnet
- 3 Something resulting from the act of instantiating; an instance. countable
"I can name numerous instantiations of this gift of luck at work in my hostʼs life."
- 4 A creation of an instance of some class or template. broadly, countable, uncountable
Etymology
A coinage of the twentieth century, from instantiate + -ion, itself coined in 1946 from instance + -ate. The latter, in the sense "a case, an example", from Middle English instance, from Medieval Latin īnstantia (“a being near, presence; also perseverance, earnestness, importunity, urgency”), from Latin īnstāns (“urgent”); see English instant.
See also for "instantiation"
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