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Noun: instantiation  in,stan-shi'ey-shun
  1. A representation of an idea in the form of an instance of it
    "how many instantiations were found?"
     
  2. (programming) the initialization of an object instance

Derived forms: instantiations

Type of: internal representation, mental representation, representation

Encyclopedia: Instantiation