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Instantiation
[in-stan-shee-eyt] 
Instantiation
[in-stan-shee-eyt]
Instantiation or instance may be
- Philosophy:
- *A concept in Platonism, see idea
- *Instantiation principle - the idea that if properties exist, the essence that "has" the properties must necessarily exist
- *Universal instantiation and existential instantiation, two rules of logical inference
- *A substitution instance is a formula of mathematical logic that can be produced by substituting certain strings of symbols for others in formulas.
- An Object (computer science) is often also referred to as an instance of a class
- Table instance (or database instance), a concept in database design; see Row (database)
- Instance dungeon, a feature of many online games such as World of Warcraft and City of Heroes
- The first moment of existence of a thing, whether living or not. The concept of the big bang theory, at the instant it happened, represents the instantiation of the universe.
- instance (law)
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