Instantiation

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Instantiation 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 inference in logic

A concept in object-oriented programming, see Instance (programming), object lifetime

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.

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