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reassembly

reassembly

2 4.9
Putting things taken apart back together
  • noun
  • /ˌriːəˈsɛmblɪ/
translation icon : reensamblaje
  • Carefully follow the instructions for reassembly to ensure that all parts fit correctly.
  • reassembly process
  • periods of reassembly

Examples

  • At the remote end, while reassembly is performed, the message is checked for data integrity.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Service technicians wore latex gloves when handling sanitized parts of the unit during reassembly and took precautions not to contaminate the filter elements when handling them.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The reassembly process began with the skull.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The reassembly of the former old-growth evergreen forest ecosystem could take hundreds of years.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Impetuous as always, Jennifer had not followed Grama's instructions to mark the back of her fabric pieces, so her reassembly job seemed insurmountable.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Experienced music teachers become adept at chunking and sequencing the reassembly of difficult musical passages as a means of solving complex performance problems.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Upon reassembly, the head tribune—a garnet-hued male with a sherbet-orange mane—spoke.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Yet Zeroual, in the 1997 election, had completed the reassembly of the parts—presidency, constitution, parliament—of the Algerian state.

    Academic text (1997)
  • PHOTO (COLOR): Blocks from the dismantled Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1368-1644) city wall of Old Zigui, left, were numbered with red chalk to assist reassembly in the town of New Zigui.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The technician explained the steps for reassembly after the equipment was disassembled for maintenance.

Synonyms

assembly
vsreassembly
  • Specialized
10 3.5

The process of putting parts together to make something

refers specifically to joining parts again after they were taken apart
refabrication
vsreassembly
  • Specialized
1 9.2

Making something again after taking it apart or after damage

is the simple act of putting parts back together after being taken apart
assembling
vsreassembly
2.7

Bringing parts or people together to make one whole

focuses on rebuilding an item after it has been taken apart

Antonyms

2 5.2

To take something apart, often a machine, so you can fix or check it

How Complete

integration
47 4.0
reassembly
2 4.9
to regroup
66 4.1

Surface Forms

reassembly singular
reassemblies plural

Morphology

reassembly = reassemble (transparent) = re + assemble + y

This is a regular noun formation from the verb 'reassemble', meaning the act or process of doing it.

Etymology

Reassembly is made from re- ('again') and assembly ('a putting together'). So, reassembly means putting something together again after it has been taken apart, like rebuilding furniture or an engine.