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as⋅sem⋅bly

  [uh-sem-blee]
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–noun, plural -blies.
1. an assembling or coming together of a number of persons, usually for a particular purpose: The principal will speak to all the students at Friday's assembly.
2. a group of persons gathered together, usually for a particular purpose, whether religious, political, educational, or social.
3. (often initial capital letter) Government. a legislative body, esp. the lower house of the legislature in certain states of the U.S.: a bill before the assembly; the New York State Assembly.
4. Military.
a. a signal, as by drum or bugle, for troops to fall into ranks or otherwise assemble.
b. the movement of forces, tanks, soldiers, etc., scattered by battle or battle drill, toward and into a small area.
5. the putting together of complex machinery, as airplanes, from interchangeable parts of standard dimensions.
6. Machinery. a group of machine parts, esp. one forming a self-contained, independently mounted unit.
Compare subassembly.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME assemblee < MF, lit., (that which is) assembled, fem. ptp. of assembler to assemble

Synonyms:
1, 2. assemblage, gathering, congress, meeting. See convention. 2. throng. 3. congress, representatives.
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Main Entry: as·sem·bly
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -blies
1 a : a company of persons collected together in one place usually for some common purpose b cap : a legislative body esp. that makes up the lower house of a legislature —see also GENERAL ASSEMBLY, LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
2 : the act of coming together : the condition of being assembled —see also UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Computing Dictionary

reassembly
segmentation

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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