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.
Also called
production line.
Origin of assembly line
An Americanism dating back to 1910–15
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British Dictionary definitions for assembly 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
Cultural definitions for assembly line
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.