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assembly line

noun

  1. 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

  1. a sequence of machines, tools, operations, workers, etc, in a factory, arranged so that at each stage a further process is carried out
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


assembly line

  1. 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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