Definitions for assembly
əˈsɛm blias·sem·bly

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. assembly(noun)

   a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit

2. fabrication, assembly(noun)

   the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)

3. forum, assembly, meeting place(noun)

   a public facility to meet for open discussion

4. assembly(noun)

   a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose

5. assembly(noun)

   a unit consisting of components that have been fitted together

6. assembly, assemblage, gathering(noun)

   the social act of assembling

   "they demanded the right of assembly"

Wiktionary(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. assembly(Noun)

   A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.

2. assembly(Noun)

   A congregation of people in one place for a purpose

   school assembly, freedom of assembly

3. assembly(Noun)

   A legislative body; e.g., the General Assembly of the United Nations.

4. assembly(Noun)

   A shortened or jargon form of the term assembly language.

5. assembly(Noun)

   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.

6. Assembly(ProperNoun)

   The lower legislative body of each of a number of states of the United States, ("the Assembly").

Origin: From assemblee, from asemblee ( asemblee, French assemblée).

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Assembly(noun)

   a company of persons collected together in one place, and usually for some common purpose, esp. for deliberation and legislation, for worship, or for social entertainment

2. Assembly(noun)

   a collection of inanimate objects

3. Assembly(noun)

   a beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Assembly

   The Assembly demo party is a demoscene and gaming event in Finland. The main organizers of the event are Pekka Aakko and Jussi Laakkonen. The event takes place every year between late July and early August, and lasts three to four days. The most recent Assembly was held from the 2 to 5 August 2012 at Hartwall Areena in Helsinki. In the beginning of the year 2007 Assembly Winter was announced. The new winter party is a more gaming oriented event in Tampere where the summer events continues the traditions of the original demoparty in Helsinki under the name Assembly Summer. Both parties will be held once a year.

The Roycroft Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. assembly

   The Pantheon of the mediocre.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. assembly

   In logistics, an item forming a portion of an equipment, that can be provisioned and replaced as an entity and which normally incorporates replaceable parts or groups of parts. See also component; subassembly.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. assembly

   That long roll beat of the drum by which soldiers, or armed parties, are ordered to repair to their stations. It is sometimes called the fall-in.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. assembly

   A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'assembly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1934

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'assembly' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2397

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'assembly' in Nouns Frequency: #786

How to pronounce assembly?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of assembly in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of assembly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of assembly in a Sentence

1. William Pitt:

   Eloquence is in the assembly, not merely in the speaker.

2. Larry Wall:

   Real programmers can write assembly code in any language.

3. Leopoldo Lopez:

   The president said 'no.' The assembly ... will say 'yes,'.

4. Larry Wall in:

   Real programmers can write assembly code in any language. :-)

5. Oswaldo Rolando:

   I don't know why they weren't made available to the general assembly.

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