Meanings
- uncountableThe process of manufacturing products on a large scale.
They were ruled out as over-engineered and too expensive for mass production, and lost out to Class 141 and '142' railbuses, and then Class 150s.
2023 April 5, “£35,000 needed to save a Class 317 and create rebuilt '210' DMU”, in RAIL, number 980, page 81 more example
After the war, the invaluable experience gained with mass production of the TP engines saw Davey Paxman in a favourable position to supply such units almost "off the shelf", a facility found to be of great value by oil companies engaged in well-drilling; [...].
1964 May, R. K. Evans, “The Ventura—Paxman's high-speed engine”, in Modern Railways, page 328Synonyms: flow production
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe process of manufacturing products on a large scale.
Translations
Catalan producció en sèrie
- producció en sèrieprocess of manufacturing products on a large scale
Chinese Mandarin 大量生產 /大量生产, 大規模生產 /大规模生产
- 大量生產 /大量生产 (dàliàng shēngchǎn)process of manufacturing products on a large scale
- 大規模生產 /大规模生产 (dàguīmó shēngchǎn)process of manufacturing products on a large scale
Dutch massaproductie
- massaproductieprocess of manufacturing products on a large scale
Finnish massatuotanto, suurtuotanto
- massatuotantoprocess of manufacturing products on a large scale
- suurtuotantoprocess of manufacturing products on a large scale
- sarjatuotantoprocess of manufacturing products on a large scale
German Massenproduktion
- Massenproduktionprocess of manufacturing products on a large scale
Hungarian tömeggyártás, sorozatgyártás
- tömeggyártásprocess of manufacturing products on a large scale
- sorozatgyártásprocess of manufacturing products on a large scale
Irish olltáirgeacht, olltáirgeadh
- olltáirgeachtprocess of manufacturing products on a large scale
- olltáirgeadhprocess of manufacturing products on a large scale
Italian produzione di massa
- produzione di massaprocess of manufacturing products on a large scale
Japanese 大量生産, 量産
- 大量生産 (tairyō seisan)process of manufacturing products on a large scale
- 量産 (ryōsan)process of manufacturing products on a large scale
Korean 대량생산
- 대량생산 (daeryangsaengsan)process of manufacturing products on a large scale
Māori whakaputanga ngahue
- whakaputanga ngahueprocess of manufacturing products on a large scale
Polish produkcja masowa
- produkcja masowaprocess of manufacturing products on a large scale
Portuguese produção em massa
- produção em massaprocess of manufacturing products on a large scale
Russian ма́ссовое произво́дство, пото́чное произво́дство
- ма́ссовое произво́дство (mássovoje proizvódstvo)process of manufacturing products on a large scale
- пото́чное произво́дство (potóčnoje proizvódstvo)process of manufacturing products on a large scale
- сери́йное произво́дство (seríjnoje proizvódstvo)process of manufacturing products on a large scale
Spanish producción masiva, fabricación serial
- producción masivaprocess of manufacturing products on a large scale
- fabricación serialprocess of manufacturing products on a large scale
- manufacturación masificadaprocess of manufacturing products on a large scale
- manifactura multitudinariaprocess of manufacturing products on a large scale
Swedish massproduktion
- massproduktionprocess of manufacturing products on a large scale
Ukrainian ма́сове виробни́цтво
- ма́сове виробни́цтво (másove vyrobnýctvo)process of manufacturing products on a large scale
Cite this entry
mass production. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mass%20production
“mass production.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mass%20production. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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