preassembly

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noun

Assembly of a product in advance

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Meanings

nounpreassembly (plural preassemblies)

plural preassemblies

  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.

    2008 January 16, Jeff Bailey, “More Delays Expected for Boeing’s Dreamliner”, in New York Times

Origin

From pre- + assembly.

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APA

preassembly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preassembly

MLA

“preassembly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preassembly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preassembly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preassembly.

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