assembly
noun
- A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.
- functional unit created by joining multiple individual components (parts) together
- The act of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.
- A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
- A legislative body.
- organization that uses parliamentary procedure to make decisions
- the act of combining components in manufacturing
- part of a compiled computer program
- object consisting of multiple parts
- group, grouping together
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /əˈsɛmb.lɪ/ / /əˈsɛmb.li/
name
- The lower legislative body of each of a number of states of the United States.
“Nevada Assembly”
“New York State Assembly”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English assemblee, from Anglo-Norman asemblee (Old French asemblee, French assemblée). By surface analysis, assemble + -y.
- A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.
“In order to change the bearing, you must first remove the gearbox assembly.”
“Sheets of water poured over the car, making visibility all but nil. Suddenly the windshield wiper, not just the blade but the entire assembly, blew off.”
- The act or process of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.
“instructions for assembly”
“some assembly required”
- A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
“school assembly”
“freedom of assembly”
- A legislative body.
“the General Assembly of the United Nations”
“New York State Assembly”
- A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
- Ellipsis of assembly language.
- 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.