Preassembly

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Assembly of a product in advance

    "Boeing sent its own workers out to suppliers around the world, hoping to speed things up, then bypassed some of the preassembly process and simply had suppliers ship their work in pieces to Boeing."

Example

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"Boeing sent its own workers out to suppliers around the world, hoping to speed things up, then bypassed some of the preassembly process and simply had suppliers ship their work in pieces to Boeing."

Etymology

From pre- + assembly.

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