assemblies

Variant of assembly

assembly definition

as·sem·bly (-blē)

noun pl. assemblies -·blies

  1. an assembling or being assembled
  2. a group of persons gathered together, as for worship, instruction, or entertainment
    1. a legislative body
    2. in some states of the U.S., the lower house of the legislature
  4. a fitting together of parts to make a whole, as in manufacturing automobiles
  5. the parts to be thus fitted together
  6. a call, as by bugle or drum, for soldiers to assemble in ranks
  7. the process of translating a computer program, written in assembly language, into machine language

Etymology: ME assemble < OFr assemblee < assembler: see assemble

adjective

designating or of a low-level computer language that uses words, abbreviations, etc. that are translated into machine language

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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