(ə·sem′blē) noun plural ·blies
1. An assembling or being assembled.
2. A number of persons met together for a common purpose.
3. The act or process of fitting together the parts of a machine, etc., especially where such parts are machine-made in great numbers so as to be interchangeable.
4. A unit made up of such parts.
5. The parts themselves, before or after being fitted together.
6. Mil. The signal calling troops to form ranks. [<OF as(s)emblee <as(s)embler. See ASSEMBLE.] Synonyms: assemblage, collection, company, conclave, concourse, conference, congregation, convention, convocation, crowd, gathering, group, host, meeting, multitude. An assemblage may be of persons or of objects and is promiscuous and unorganized, an assembly is always of persons and is organized and united in some common purpose.

(ə·sem′blē) noun
In some states of the United States, the lower house of the legislature.