instantiation
noun/ɪnˌstænʃiˈeɪʃən/
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.
1
The production of an instance, example, or specific application of a general classification, principle, theory, etc.
2
Something resulting from the act of instantiating; an instance.
- I can name numerous instantiations of this gift of luck at work in my hostʼs life.2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 150:
3
Broadly A creation of an instance of some class or template.
Object-oriented programming
- Derived terms
- coinstantiation, existential instantiation, polyinstantiation, reinstantiation, uninstantiation
- Related terms
- coinstantial, coinstantiate, instance, instancy, instant, instantaneous, instantial, instantiate, reinstantiate
- Coordinate terms
- avatar, embodiment, incarnation, realization