assembly

B2 · Upper Intermediate Uncountable noun

n. the process of building something by joining different parts together.

n. the act or process of constructing a mechanism or device from its constituent parts.

日本語:組み立て※

“The assembly of the new bookshelf took much longer than I expected.”

“The factory streamlined the assembly of the engines, reducing the total production time by nearly fifteen percent.”

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Politics Formal

n. a group of people who have the power to make or change laws for a country or state.

n. a formal legislative body or parliament, often representing the lower house in certain jurisdictions.

“The national assembly voted to pass the new environmental law yesterday.”

“The regional assembly debated the proposed budget for several hours before reaching a consensus on infrastructure spending.”

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Technical

n. a complete set of parts that work together as one machine or tool.

n. a discrete unit or mechanism consisting of several components that have been fitted together.

“The mechanic had to replace the entire brake assembly because it was rusted.”

“Engineers discovered a flaw in the tail assembly of the aircraft, leading to a temporary grounding of the entire fleet.”

C2 · Proficiency Uncountable noun Computing Technical

n. a low-level computer language that is very close to how a computer's hardware works.

n. a low-level programming language in which there is a very strong correspondence between the instructions and the architecture's machine code.

“He learned to write in assembly to make his computer games run faster.”

“Writing the driver in assembly allowed the developer to optimize performance for the specific hardware constraints of the embedded system.”