1. plural of instantiation; the act or process of creating a concrete example or instance of something abstract or general
Usage: commonly used in philosophy, logic, and computer science
2. in computer science and object-oriented programming, the creation of individual objects or instances from a class or template
Usage: technical; programming context

Examples

• The philosopher provided several instantiations of the abstract principle to help students understand it.
• In logic, instantiations of a universal statement are the specific cases that satisfy the general rule.
• The programmer created multiple instantiations of the Customer class to represent different users.
• These instantiations demonstrate how the theory applies to real-world situations.
• The software requires instantiations of the interface before it can function properly.
• Her examples were clear instantiations of the concept she had just introduced.