preassembly

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ assembly.

Noun

preassembly (plural preassemblies)

  1. Assembly of a product in advance
    • 2008 January 16, Jeff Bailey, “More Delays Expected for Boeing’s Dreamliner”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 February 2026:
      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.
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