Defn: Not stable; not standing fast or firm; unstable; prone to change or recede from a purpose; mutable; inconstant.
INSTABLENESS
In*sta"ble*ness, n.
Defn: Instability; unstableness.
INSTALL
In*stall", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Installed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Installing.] Etym: [F. installer, LL. installare, fr. pref. in- in +
OHG. stal a place, stall, G. stall, akin to E. stall: cf. It.
installare. See Stall.] [Written also instal.]
1. To set in a seat; to give a place to; establish (one) in a place. She installed her guest hospitably by the fireside. Sir W. Scott.
2. To place in an office, rank, or order; to invest with any charge by the usual ceremonies; to instate; to induct; as, to install an ordained minister as pastor of a church; to install a college president. Unworthily Thou wast installed in that high degree. Shak.
INSTALLATION In`stal*la"tion, n. Etym: [F. installation, LL. installatio: cf. It. installazione. See Install.]
1. The act of installing or giving possession of an office, rank, or order, with the usual rites or ceremonies; as, the installation of an ordained minister in a parish. On the election, the bishop gives a mandate for his installation. Ayliffe.
2. (Mech.)
Defn: The whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.