assembly

Meanings

Plural: assemblies

Noun

• a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit
• the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
• a public facility to meet for open discussion
• a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose
• a unit consisting of components that have been fitted together
• the social act of assembling
  • "they demanded the right of assembly"
• A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.
• The act or process of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.
• A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
• A legislative body.
• 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.

Synonyms

assemblage, church, fabrication, foregathering, forum, gathering, meeting place

Antonyms

disassembly