əˈsȯrtmənt, -ȯ(ə)t- noun
( -s )
1.
a. : the act of assorting : arrangement into kinds and sorts
Harnwell's household goods got mingled in the roadway with those appertaining to the Fishers and their assortment … was a task — Arthur Morrison
b. : the quality or state of being assorted : variety
the absence of quantity and assortment in his wares — W.D.Howells
2. : an assorted group or collection: as
a. : a selected group or collection consisting of one sort
b. : a collection containing a variety of sorts adapted to various wants, demands, or purposes
an assortment of tools
c. : a miscellaneous group or collection consisting of various sorts
canoes … loaded with an assortment of yabbering, singing natives, whining dogs, cooked reptiles and fish — Francis Birtles
3. : the separation and segregation of homologous genes at meiosis — compare mendel's law