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installation
A	noun
	1	installation, installing, installment, instalment
				the act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚change of state ╚beginning; start; commencement ╚installation, installing, installment, instalment
	2	facility, installation
				a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚facility, installation ╚menagerie; zoo; zoological garden ╚gas system ╚forum; assembly; meeting place ╚drive-in ╚depository; deposit; repository ╚course ╚communication system; communication equipment ╚cafeteria facility ╚backroom ╚athletic facility ╚arboretum; botanical garden ╚airfield; landing field; flying field; field
	3	initiation, induction, 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"
		Category Tree: event ╚social event ╚affair; occasion; social occasion; function; social function ╚ceremony; ceremonial; ceremonial occasion; observance ╚initiation, induction, installation ╚bat mitzvah; bath mitzvah; bas mitzvah ╚bar mitzvah ╚coronation; enthronement; enthronization; enthronisation; investiture ╚inauguration; inaugural

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