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as⋅sem⋅bly

  [uh-sem-blee]
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–noun, plural -blies.
1. an assembling or coming together of a number of persons, usually for a particular purpose: The principal will speak to all the students at Friday's assembly.
2. a group of persons gathered together, usually for a particular purpose, whether religious, political, educational, or social.
3. (often initial capital letter) Government. a legislative body, esp. the lower house of the legislature in certain states of the U.S.: a bill before the assembly; the New York State Assembly.
4. Military.
a. a signal, as by drum or bugle, for troops to fall into ranks or otherwise assemble.
b. the movement of forces, tanks, soldiers, etc., scattered by battle or battle drill, toward and into a small area.
5. the putting together of complex machinery, as airplanes, from interchangeable parts of standard dimensions.
6. Machinery. a group of machine parts, esp. one forming a self-contained, independently mounted unit.
Compare subassembly.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME assemblee < MF, lit., (that which is) assembled, fem. ptp. of assembler to assemble

Synonyms:
1, 2. assemblage, gathering, congress, meeting. See convention. 2. throng. 3. congress, representatives.
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as·sem·bly   (ə-sěm'blē)   
n.   pl. as·sem·blies

    1. The act of assembling.

    2. The state of being assembled.

    3. The putting together of manufactured parts to make a completed product, such as a machine or electronic circuit.

    4. A set of parts so assembled.

  2. A group of persons gathered together for a common reason, as for a legislative, religious, educational, or social purpose.

  3. Assembly The lower house of the legislature in certain U.S. states.

    1. The putting together of manufactured parts to make a completed product, such as a machine or electronic circuit.

    2. A set of parts so assembled.

  5. A signal by bugle or drum for troops to come together in formation.

  6. Computer Science The automatic translation of symbolic code into machine code.

  7. Computer Science An assembly language.

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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: as·sem·bly
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -blies
1 a : a company of persons collected together in one place usually for some common purpose b cap : a legislative body esp. that makes up the lower house of a legislature —see also GENERAL ASSEMBLY, LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
2 : the act of coming together : the condition of being assembled —see also UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Computing Dictionary

ASSEMBLY language
An early system on the IBM 702.
[Listed in CACM 2(5):1959-05-16].
(1996-06-27)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Encyclopedia

assembly

deliberative council, usually legislative or juridical in purpose and power. The name has been given to various ancient and modern bodies, both political and ecclesiastical. It has been applied to relatively permanent bodies meeting periodically, such as the ancient Greek and Roman assemblies, the Germanic tribal assemblies, the French National Assembly, the legislative houses called assemblies in certain states of the United States, and the UN General Assembly. It has also been applied to groups sitting only for special purposes and for limited periods, such as the Westminster Assembly, which met in 1643 to draft a new constitution for the Church of England.

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