instantiation
/ɪnˌstænʃiˈeɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The production of an instance, example, or specific application of a general classification, principle, theory, etc.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
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.