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INSTALLATION , the action of installing or formally placing some one in occupation of an office or place. The med. Lat. installare meant literally " to place in a seat or stall " (stallum), and the word, as now, was particularly used of the ceremonial induction of an ecclesiastic, such as a canon
cathedral
chivalry are ceremonially led to their stalls in the chapel of their order. The term
establishment
office or position. From a French use of installer and installation, the word is frequently applied in a transferred sense to the fixing in position and making ready for use of a mechanical, particularly electrical , apparatus or plant.End of Article: INSTALLATION If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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