DISASSEMBLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disassembly mean? 

• DISASSEMBLY (noun)
  The noun DISASSEMBLY has 1 sense:

1. the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery)

  Familiarity information: DISASSEMBLY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISASSEMBLY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

disassembly; dismantlement; dismantling

Context example:

Russia and the United States discussed the dismantling of their nuclear weapons

Hypernyms ("disassembly" is a kind of...):

activity (any specific behavior)

Antonym:

assembly (the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery))

assembly (the social act of assembling)

 Context examples 

Titanium is produced in the very heart of the explosion, so it traces the shape of the engine driving the disassembly of the star.

(Star Explosion is Lopsided, NASA)

Ixabepilone binds to and stabilizes tubulin molecules, thereby interfering with the dynamics of microtubule assembly/disassembly.

(Oral Ixabepilone, NCI Thesaurus)

This stabilizes tubulin and prevents microtubule disassembly.

(Cevipabulin Succinate, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon binding and entry, the immunoconjugate releases the maytansinoid agent DM4, which binds to tubulin, thereby affecting microtubule assembly/disassembly dynamics.

(Cantuzumab Ravtansine, NCI Thesaurus)

BMS-184476 binds to and stabilizes the resulting microtubules, thereby inhibiting microtubule disassembly which results in cell- cycle arrest at the G2/M phase and apoptosis.

(BMS-184476, NCI Thesaurus)

Like paclitaxel, BMS-275183 binds to tubulin and stabilizes microtubules, thereby inhibiting microtubule disassembly which results in cell-cycle arrest at the G2/M phase and an induction of apoptosis.

(BMS-275183, NCI Thesaurus)

The subsequent decrease in the amount of formed microtubules causes disassembly of the mitotic spindle resulting from instability of the structure during the mitotic interphase, leading to cell cycle arrest and/or apoptosis.

(Colchicine-Site Binding Agent, NCI Thesaurus)

Device problems including set-up, operation, and disassembly of equipment.

(Device Difficult to Operate Evaluation Conclusion, Food and Drug Administration)

Docetaxel binds specifically to the beta-tubulin subunit of the microtubule, stabilizing tubulin and inhibiting microtubule disassembly, which results in cell-cycle arrest at the G2/M phase and cell death.

(Docetaxel Emulsion ANX-514, NCI Thesaurus)

Microtubule dynamic alteration involves an interruption of the microtubule assembly and disassembly dynamics during cell cycle via exogenous agents.

(Microtubule Dynamics Alteration, NCI Thesaurus)