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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.

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  1. n. 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.
  2. n. 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. n. the act of installing something (as equipment)
  4. n. a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
  5. n. a formal entry into an organization or position or office
  6. 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.
  7. The whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories,when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electriclighting, transmission of power, etc.
  8. n:100 n. the act of installing something (as equipment)