Assembly

//əˈsɛmb.li// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The lower legislative body of each of a number of states of the United States. US

    "Nevada Assembly"

Noun
  1. 1
    A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device. countable, uncountable

    "In order to change the bearing, you must first remove the gearbox assembly."

  2. 2
    the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery) wordnet
  3. 3
    The act or process of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements. countable, uncountable

    "instructions for assembly"

  4. 4
    the social act of assembling wordnet
  5. 5
    A congregation of people in one place for a purpose. countable, uncountable

    "school assembly"

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  1. 6
    a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit wordnet
  2. 7
    A legislative body. countable, uncountable

    "the General Assembly of the United Nations"

  3. 8
    a unit consisting of components that have been fitted together wordnet
  4. 9
    A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    a public facility to meet for open discussion wordnet
  6. 11
    Ellipsis of assembly language. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
  7. 12
    a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose wordnet
  8. 13
    A building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library information in an assembly, called a manifest, describes public functions, data, classes, and version information. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English assemblee, from Anglo-Norman asemblee (Old French asemblee, French assemblée). By surface analysis, assemble + -y.

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