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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.

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Origin of assembly line

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15

Words nearby assembly line

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How to use assembly line in a sentence

  • In the early 2000s, many people who worked in manufacturing in north Alabama supported Southern Democrats, and Obama enjoyed support on assembly lines and in union halls.

  • So they drove tractors on farms or they worked on assembly lines and in explosive factories.

  • They were constructed with speed and precision in mind, making them ideal for things like assembly line work.

  • It was an assembly line of sorts, if assembly lines involved a lot of talking, laughing and pan dulce breaks.

  • A new company, Iowa Beef Packers, later bought by Tyson, was transforming the industry with automated factories built like an assembly line.

  • Domestically, the prime minister maintains the dubious line that he is the only man who can keep the still-fragile peace.

  • Last week I turned 40, a bittersweet occasion because I crossed the line to living longer without my mother than with her.

  • Completed in 1953 and composed with standard line breaks and punctuation, the book was completely ignored upon submission.

  • Is it any wonder that the interests of large corporations and unions get to the front of the line?

  • In the end, the line between magic and religion may be something of an artificial one.

  • In this position, the line of cavalry formed the chord of the arc described by the river, and occupied by us.

  • What course was taken to supply that assembly when any noble family became extinct?

  • Our talk ranged from the Panhandle to the Canada line, while our horses jogged steadily southward.

  • I have drawn a Line between the figures at the extream changes, that next below the Line is the extream.

  • My station was on the right of the line, where the breastwork, ending in a redoubt, was steep and high.

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British Dictionary definitions for assembly line


a sequence of machines, tools, operations, workers, etc, in a factory, arranged so that at each stage a further process is carried out

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Cultural definitions for assembly line


A line of factory workers and equipment along which a product being assembled passes consecutively from operation to operation until completed.

notes for assembly line

Assembly lines are found in many industries but are particularly associated with automobile manufacturing.

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a line of machines and workers in a factory that a product moves along while it is being built or produced. Each machine or worker performs a particular job that must be finished before the product moves to the next position in the line.

Synonym

assembly line

See also

line noun

 

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(Definition of production line from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

production line | Business English

production line

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(Definition of production line from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of production line

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One infected bird can contaminate other birds on the production line for the rest of the working day.

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Consider a problem, such as the scheduling of activities on a production line.

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These included recall of unsold product, steam cleaning of the production plant and an additional heat treatment at the end of the production line.

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At which production line can the product be assembled?

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This may indicate an infected flock, or that contamination of the production line by even a single bird occurred at this time.

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In some cases, tanks and lorry parts were produced alternately on the same production line.

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In a small factory there is a production line to make plastic lids for car batteries.

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The usefulness of robots is increased when robots collaborate with each other in a production line.

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A production line that balances itself.

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Initially, it felt uncomfortable to be looking at a health care service in the same way as a production line manager might in order to provide a more efficient service.

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But this was not simply another opportunity to oppress women; the treatment of individuals as cogs in a musical production line was a practical business decision.

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Their managements treat them as such, processing them through a succession of rehearsals for a 'production line' of operas without calling on their creative or imaginative resources.

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There is no implication that the technique chosen will be anything like the way that the humans on the production line are currently dealing with scheduling problems.

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The product had likely become contaminated at the plant through contact with a deteriorated rubber gasket of a pump in the production line after the product had been cooked.

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It is in this environment that patients are now managed, rather than cared for and health care professionals have an increasing amount in common with production line workers.

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What is another word for production line?

What is another word for production line?.

What are synonyms for production?

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What is meant by the term production line?

/prəˈdʌk.ʃən ˌlaɪn/ a line of machines and workers in a factory that a product moves along while it is being built or produced. Each machine or worker performs a particular job that must be finished before the product moves to the next position in the line. Synonym. assembly line.

What are some synonyms for line?

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