noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
temporary construction; temporary installation; provisional establishment
Used for structures, facilities, offices, toilets, housing, stages, and similar things set up for temporary use. As a する verb, it means to construct or install something temporarily.
被災地に仮設住宅が建てられた。
Temporary housing was built in the disaster-stricken area.
会場の入
They set up a temporary reception desk at the venue entrance.
工事現場に事務所を仮設する。
They will temporarily set up an office at the construction site.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
Technical use in logic and mathematics for temporarily positing something as a premise; 仮定 is the more broadly familiar word for this meaning.
See also: 仮定
論理学では、ある命題を一時的に仮設して推論を進めることがある。
In logic, one may proceed with an argument by temporarily assuming a proposition.
証明のために、まずPが成り立つと仮設する。
For the proof, first suppose that P holds.