installation
//ˌɪn.stəˈleɪ.ʃən//
Forms
- Plural
- installations
Definitions
1.An act of installing.
- The installation of the new software took only a few minutes.
2.Something installed, especially 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.
3.A grouping of facilities that constitute a permanent military base.
- A military installation was built near the border.
4.A work of installation art.
- The museum is displaying a modern art installation.
- Represented by Olney Gleason gallery, she was the subject of a 2025 solo show at the MSU Broad Art Museum in Michigan and recently unveiled a permanent installation at the Princeton University Art Museum.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4770
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
From Middle French installation, from Medieval Latin installātiō.
By surface analysis, install + -ation.
Compare with Piedmontese istallassion.