assemblies

Noun

assembly (countable and uncountable, plural assemblies)

1. A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.
   • In order to change the bearing, you must first remove the gearbox assembly.
2. The act or process of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.
   • instructions for assembly
3. A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
   • school assembly

   Synonyms:

   gathering, foregathering

4. A legislative body.
   • the General Assembly of the United Nations
5. A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
6. 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.

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