assembly
/əˈsɛmb.li/ noun B2- 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.
- The act or process of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements. · instructions for assembly· some assembly required
- A congregation of people in one place for a purpose. · school assembly· freedom of assembly
- A legislative body. · the General Assembly of the United Nations· New York State Assembly
- A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
- 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.
Plural assemblies
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THE HARES harangued the assembly, and argued that all should be equal.
Instead of a rude mixture of sailors, soldiers, and those belonging to the humblest grade of life, the present assembly was composed of the very flower of Marseilles society,—magistrates who had resigned their office during the usurper’s reign; officers who had deserted from the imperial army and joined forces with Condé; and younger members of families, brought up to hate and execrate the man whom five years of exile would convert into a martyr, and fifteen of restoration elevate to the rank of a god.
A MONKEY once danced in an assembly of the Beasts, and so pleased them all by his performance that they elected him their King.
The Governor then called a public assembly and addressed the citizens: “Of what folly have you been guilty?
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