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View synonyms for assembly line
assembly line
noun
- an arrangement of machines, tools, and workers in which a product is assembled by having each perform a specific, successive operation on an incomplete unit as it passes by in a series of stages organized in a direct line.
assembly line
noun
- a sequence of machines, tools, operations, workers, etc, in a factory, arranged so that at each stage a further process is carried out
assembly line
- A line of factory workers and equipment along which a product being assembled passes consecutively from operation to operation until completed.
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Notes
Assembly lines are found in many industries but are particularly associated with automobile manufacturing.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of assembly line1
An Americanism dating back to 1910–15
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