assembly

In government, an assembly is defined as a specific group of legislators.

(noun)

An example of an assembly is the Maryland State Assembly, which is a state level organization of legislators similar to the US Congress.

The definition of an assembly is a grouping of people together typically for a specific reason.

(noun)

An example of an assembly is a musical performance by the orchestra at an elementary school.

See assembly in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. assemblies

an assembling or being assembled
a group of persons gathered together, as for worship, instruction, or entertainment
1. a legislative body
2. in some states of the U.S., the lower house of the legislature
a fitting together of parts to make a whole, as in manufacturing automobiles
the parts to be thus fitted together
a call, as by bugle or drum, for soldiers to assemble in ranks
the process of translating a computer program, written in assembly language, into machine language

Origin: ME assemble < OFr assemblee < assembler: see assemble

adjective

designating or of a low-level computer language that uses words, abbreviations, etc. that are translated into machine language

See assembly in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. as·sem·blies

a. The act of assembling.
b. The state of being assembled.
A group of persons gathered together for a common reason, as for a legislative, religious, educational, or social purpose.
Assembly The lower house of the legislature in certain U.S. states.
a. The putting together of manufactured parts to make a completed product, such as a machine or electronic circuit.
b. A set of parts so assembled.
A signal by bugle or drum for troops to come together in formation.
Computer Science The automatic translation of symbolic code into machine code.
Computer Science An assembly language.