Installation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Installation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Installation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
installation n the act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes" Synonym(s): installation, installing, installment, instalment a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility" Synonym(s): facility, 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" Synonym(s): initiation, induction, installation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Installation \In`stalla"tion\, n. [F. installation, LL. installatio: cf. It. installazione. See {Install}.] 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.