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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪnˌstænʃiˈeɪʃən/ Forms: instantiations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: 20th-century coinage from instantiate + -tion, itself coined 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. Etymology templates: {{af|en|instantiate|-tion}} instantiate + -tion, {{af|en|instance|-ate|nocat=1}} instance + -ate, {{der|en|enm|instance}} Middle English instance, {{der|en|ML.|īnstantia||a being near, presence; also perseverance, earnestness, importunity, urgency}} Medieval Latin īnstantia (“a being near, presence; also perseverance, earnestness, importunity, urgency”), {{der|en|la|īnstāns||urgent}} Latin īnstāns (“urgent”), {{cog|en|instant}} English instant Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} instantiation (countable and uncountable, plural instantiations)
  1. (uncountable) The production of an instance, example, or specific application of a general classification, principle, theory, etc. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-instantiation-en-noun-ikUsRC8D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -tion Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 45 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -tion: 52 38 10
  2. (countable) Something resulting from the act of instantiating; an instance. Tags: countable Translations (something resulting from the act of instantiating): instanciation [feminine] (French), Instanziierung [feminine] (German), eintekning [feminine] (Icelandic), eintökun [feminine] (Icelandic), instansiering [common-gender] (Swedish), örnekleme (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-instantiation-en-noun-CiT5sHkt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 45 9 Disambiguation of 'something resulting from the act of instantiating': 3 96 1
  3. (by extension, object-oriented programming) Creation of an instance of some class or template. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Object-oriented programming
    Sense id: en-instantiation-en-noun-YcL9s1Xp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: coinstantiation, existential instantiation, reinstantiation Related terms: coinstantial, coinstantiate, instance, instancy, instant, instantaneous, instantial, instantiate, reinstantiate Coordinate_terms: avatar, embodiment, incarnation, realization

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