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就任,就职;安装,安置;装置,设备;设施
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Installation \In`stal*la"tion\, n. [F. installation, LL.
installatio: cf. It. installazione. See {Install}.]
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.
资料来源 : WordNet®
installation
n 1: the act of installing something (as equipment); "the
telephone installation took only a few minutes" [syn: {installing},
{installment}, {instalment}]
2: a building or place that provides a particular service or is
used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an
enormous facility" [syn: {facility}]
3: 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" [syn: {initiation},
{induction}]