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assembly
The calling together of colony ant members for any communal activity.
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Ant and Related Entomology Terms +
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assembly line
A series of devices, materials, and workers that allow one object after another to be assembled step-by-step.
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Science and Technology Words from the More Recent Past to the Present, Part 2
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assembly-line justice
A term applied to an overworked, inadequately staffed court that is unsympathetic and considered to be unfair to criminal defendants.
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robot assembly
A small, lightweight robot that fits and assembles parts or components with speed and accuracy, using its ability to grasp, position, assemble, and to adjust workpieces that go with design specifications.
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assembly
1. An assembling; such as, a coming together of a number of people, usually for a particular purpose.
2. A group of people gathered together, usually for a particular purpose, whether religious, political, educational, or social.
3. In government: a legislative body; especially, the lower house of the legislature in certain states of the U.S.: "The congressman presented a bill before the assembly."
4. In the military, a signal, as by drum or bugle, for troops to fall into ranks or otherwise to assemble, or the movement of forces, tanks, soldiers, etc., scattered by battle or battle drill, toward and into a small area.
5. The putting together of complex machinery; such as, airplanes, from interchangeable parts of standard dimensions.
6. A group of machine parts; especially, one forming a self-contained, independently mounted unit.
2. A group of people gathered together, usually for a particular purpose, whether religious, political, educational, or social.
3. In government: a legislative body; especially, the lower house of the legislature in certain states of the U.S.: "The congressman presented a bill before the assembly."
4. In the military, a signal, as by drum or bugle, for troops to fall into ranks or otherwise to assemble, or the movement of forces, tanks, soldiers, etc., scattered by battle or battle drill, toward and into a small area.
5. The putting together of complex machinery; such as, airplanes, from interchangeable parts of standard dimensions.
6. A group of machine parts; especially, one forming a self-contained, independently mounted unit.
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simal-, simil-, simul-, -semble
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(Greek: assembly, market place; open space, public speaking; originally, "to unite")
(Latin: assembly; group of people, meeting)
(Greek: sermon; meeting, assembly)
(Latin: forensis of a forum, place of assembly; public, public speaking; foras, foranus, outside, residing outside, out of doors)
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assembly line
An arrangement of machines and workers in a factory; such as, along a moving track or belt, so that a number of specialized operations may be performed on a unit of work as it pases from one to another.
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fluidic self-assembly
A manufacturing process, patented by Alien Technology.
It involves flowing tiny microchips in a special fluid over a base with holes shaped to catch the chips. The process is designed to mass assemble billions of RFID tags at very low cost.
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Radio Frequency Identification (RFID): Definitions
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