Dictionary Definition
assembly
Noun
1 a group of machine parts that fit together to
form a self-contained unit
2 the act of constructing something (as a piece
of machinery) [syn: fabrication] [ant: dismantling]
3 a public facility to meet for open discussion
[syn: forum, meeting
place]
4 a group of persons gathered together for a
common purpose
5 the social act of assembling; "they demanded
the right of assembly" [syn: assemblage, gathering] [ant: dismantling]
User Contributed Dictionary
see Assembly
English
Pronunciation
- a UK /əˈsɛmb.lɪi/ /@"sEmb.li:/
Noun
- A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.
- A congregation
of people in one place for a purpose
- school assembly, freedom of assembly
- A legislative body; e.g., the General Assembly of the United Nations.
- A shortened or jargon form of the term assembly language.
- 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 info.
Translations
A set of pieces that work together in unison as
a mechanism or device
- Finnish: kokoonpano
- Portuguese: produto
A congregation of people in one place for a
purpose
- Albanian: asamble
- Czech: shromáždění , shromažďování (freedom of)
- Finnish: kokous, kokoontuminen
- Galician: asemblea
- German: Versammlung
- Norwegian: forsamling
- Portuguese: assembléia
- Serbian: zbornica
A legislative body
- Albanian: asamble
- Czech: shromáždění
- Finnish: kokous
- Galician: asemblea
- German: Versammlung
- Norwegian: forsamling
- Portuguese: assembléia
- Serbian: zbornica
A shortened or jargon form of the term assembly
language
- Finnish: assembly
In Microsoft .NET, a building block of an
application, similar to a DLL
Extensive Definition
Assembly may refer to:
Biology
Politics
Manufacturing
Computing
- Assembly language
- .NET assemblies
- Assembly (demo party), an annual computer event in Finland
Culture
- The Assembly, a synth pop project started in 1983
- Assembly (album), a Theatre of Tragedy album
- Assembly (bugle call), a call used to bring in a group of soldiers
- Assembly (film), a 2007 Chinese war drama.
assembly in Welsh: Cynulliad
assembly in German: Assembly
assembly in Spanish: Ensamblar
assembly in Esperanto: Asembleo
assembly in Hungarian: Assembly
assembly in Japanese: アセンブリ
assembly in Sinhala: ඇසෙම්බ්ලි
assembly in Finnish: Assembly
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
British Cabinet, Sanhedrin, US Cabinet,
advisory body, architecture, assemblage, assemblee, assembly line,
assembly-line production, assignation, association, at home,
ball, bench, bicameral legislature,
board, board of aldermen,
body, body of advisers,
borough council, brain trust, brawl, brethren, building, buildup, cabinet, call-up, camarilla, canvass, casting, caucus, census, chamber, chamber of deputies,
churchgoers,
circle, city board, city
council, class, collection, colligation, collocation, colloquium, combination, commission, committee, common council,
company, comparison, composition, compound, conclave, concourse, concurrence, conference, confluence, conflux, congregation, congress, connection, constitution, construction, consultative
assembly, conventicle, convention, convergence, conversion, convocation, corralling, council, council fire, council
of ministers, council of state, council of war, county council,
court, crafting, craftsmanship, creation, crowd, cultivation, dance, data-gathering, date, deliberative assembly,
devising, diet, directory, divan, eisteddfod, elaboration, embodiment, erection, extraction, fabrication, fashioning, federal assembly,
festivity, fete, flock, fold, forgathering, formation, forming, formulation, forum, framing, gathering, general assembly,
get-together, getup,
group, growing, handicraft, handiwork, harvesting, horde, host, house of assembly, housewarming, incorporation, ingathering, inventory, junction, junta, juxtaposition, kitchen
cabinet, laity, laymen, legislative assembly,
legislative body, legislative chamber, legislature, levee, lower chamber, lower house,
machining, make, makeup, making, manufacture, manufacturing, meet, meeting, milling, mining, minyan, mixture, mobilization, molding, multitude, muster, national assembly,
nonclerics,
nonordained persons, organization, panel, parish, parish council, parishioners, parliament, party, people, piecing together,
plenum, prefabrication, preparation, privy council,
processing, producing, production line,
prom, provincial
legislature, provincial parliament, putting together, quorum, raising, rally, reception, refining, rendezvous, representative
town meeting, rodeo,
roundup, seance, seculars, session, set-up, setup, shaping, sheep, shindig, sit-in, sitting, smelting, society, soiree, soviet, staff, state assembly, state
legislature, structure, structuring, survey, symposium, syndicate, syneresis, synod, synthesis, throng, town meeting, tribunal, turnout, unicameral legislature,
upper chamber, upper house, workmanship