installation

  1. Noun.  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. Noun.  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. Noun.  A grouping of facilities that constitute a permanent military base.

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