assembly
A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.
Example
“In order to change the bearing, you must first remove the gearbox assembly.”
Other meanings
The act or process of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.
A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
Related words
- assemblyman
- assemblymember
- assemblyosome
- assemblyperson
- assemblywoman
- autoassembly
- bioassembly
- coassembly
- disassembly
- interassembly
- macroassembly
- microassembly
Word history
From Old French "asemblee".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “assembly” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.