instantiation
The production of an instance, example, or specific application of a general…The production of an instance, example, or specific application of a general classification, principle, theory, etc.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable)The production of an instance, example, or specific application of a general classification, principle, theory, etc.
(countable)Something resulting from the act of instantiating; an instance.
Instanziierung
(broadly, countable, uncountable)A creation of an instance of some class or template.
- a representation of an idea in the form of an instance of it
Translations
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Origin
A coinage of the twentieth century, from instantiate + -ion, itself coined in 1946 from inA 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.
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Forms
plural: instantiations| Singular | instantiation |
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Word family
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable