ALL meanings of assembly line
as·sem·bly line
A a - countable noun assembly line An assembly line is an arrangement of workers and machines in a factory, where each worker deals with only one part of a product. The product passes from one worker to another until it is finished. 3
- noun 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 3
- noun assembly line in many factories, an arrangement whereby each worker performs a specialized operation in assembling the work as it is passed along, often on a slowly moving belt or track 3
- noun assembly line An assembly line is an arrangement of workers and machines in a factory, where each worker deals with only one part of a product. The product passes from one worker to another until it is finished. 3
- noun assembly line factory system, production line 1
- noun assembly line 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. 1
- noun assembly line (manufacturing) A system of workers and machinery in which a product is assembled in a series of consecutive operations; typically the product is attached to a continuously moving belt. 0