I. əˈsemblē, -li noun
( -es )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English assemblee, from Middle French, from Old French, feminine of assemblé, past participle of assembler
1. : a company of persons collected together in one place usually for some common purpose (as deliberation and legislation, worship, or entertainment):
a. usually capitalized : a legislative body ; specifically : the lower house of a legislature
the Assembly of New York State
the National Assembly of France
— compare general assembly , house of assembly , legislative assembly
b. usually capitalized : the highest judiciary or governing board in any of various religious denominations
the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
c. : a formal social gathering (as a subscription ball)
d. : a local congregation or religious association similar to a church
e. : a scheduled meeting of the whole student body and usually the faculty of a school or college either for purposes of administrative routine or for educational or recreational programs
2. : the act of coming together : the state of being assembled
prohibits unlawful assembly
3. : assemblage 1b
4.
a. : a signal given by drum, bugle, trumpet, or all field music for troops to assemble or fall in
b. : the collection of the elements of a military command into a given locality
5.
a. : the act or process of building up a complete unit (as a motor vehicle) using parts already in themselves finished manufactured products
to work on the assembly line
b. : a collection of parts so assembled as to form a complete machine, structure, or unit of a machine
a hub assembly
a dome assembly
6. : a hall or room in which an assembly is held
II. noun
1. : the translation of assembly language to machine language by an assembler
2. : assembly language herein