instantiation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.[1]
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Noun[edit]
instantiation (countable and uncountable, plural instantiations)
- (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.
- 2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 150:
- I can name numerous instantiations of this gift of luck at work in my hostʼs life.
- (by extension, object-oriented programming) Creation of an instance of some class or template.
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Translations[edit]
something resulting from the act of instantiating
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References[edit]
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “instantiate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading[edit]
- “instantiation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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