different between assembly vs confluence

English

Etymology

From Middle English assemblee, from Anglo-Norman asemblee (Old French asemblee, French assemblée).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??s?mb.l?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??s?mb.li/

Noun

assembly (countable and uncountable, plural assemblies)

1. A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.

2. The act of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.
3. A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
4. A legislative body.

5. (military) A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
6. (computing) Ellipsis of assembly language.
7. (computing) In Microsoft .NET, 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.

Synonyms

• church (obsolete)
• (congregation of people): foregathering

Hyponyms

• house of assembly
• jural assembly

Derived terms

• assembly point
• self-assembly

Translations

Portuguese

Etymology

From English assembly.

Noun

assembly m (plural assemblies)

1. (computing) assembly language (programming language using mnemonics that correspond to processor instructions)

   Synonym: linguagem de montagem

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin confluentia, from con- + fluere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?nflu?ns/
• Hyphenation: con?flu?ence

Noun

confluence (plural confluences)

1. The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.

   We encountered an abandoned boat at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.

2. The act of combining which occurs at the place where rivers and the lake meet.

   The confluence of the rivers produced a great rush of water.

3. A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things.

   The confluence of our skills resulted in a successful home renovation project.

4. (biology) The proportion of cells, in a culture medium, that adhere to each other
5. (computer science) In rewriting systems, property describing which terms can be rewritten with other, equivalent terms.

Synonyms

• conflux
• watersmeet

Related terms

• confluence aloft

Translations