[uh-sem-blee] 
| 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.
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| 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. |