instantiation

== English == === Etymology === A 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪnˌstænʃiˈeɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === 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. (by extension, object-oriented programming) A creation of an instance of some class or template. ==== Coordinate terms ==== avatar embodiment incarnation realization ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “instantiation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.