Associations to the word «Assembly»

Wiktionary

ASSEMBLY, noun. A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.
ASSEMBLY, noun. The act of putting together such set of pieces.
ASSEMBLY, noun. A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
ASSEMBLY, noun. A legislative body.
ASSEMBLY, noun. (military) A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
ASSEMBLY, noun. (computing) Short for assembly language.
ASSEMBLY, noun. (computing) In Microsoft .NET, 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.
ASSEMBLY, proper noun. (US) The lower legislative body of each of a number of states of the United States, ("the Assembly").
ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE, noun. (computing) A programming language in which the source code of programs is composed of mnemonic instructions, each of which corresponds directly to a machine instruction for a particular processor.
ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE, proper noun. Alternative spelling of assembly language
ASSEMBLY LANGUAGES, noun. Plural of assembly language
ASSEMBLY LINE, noun. (manufacturing) A system of workers and machinery in which a product is assembled in a series of consecutive operations; typically the product is attached to a continuously moving belt
ASSEMBLY LINES, noun. Plural of assembly line
ASSEMBLY OF GOD, noun. Singular of Assemblies of God

Dictionary definition

ASSEMBLY, noun. A group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit.
ASSEMBLY, noun. The act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery).
ASSEMBLY, noun. A public facility to meet for open discussion.
ASSEMBLY, noun. A group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose.
ASSEMBLY, noun. A unit consisting of components that have been fitted together.
ASSEMBLY, noun. The social act of assembling; "they demanded the right of assembly".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats