🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

組立ライン

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kumitate rain

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Assembly line/əˈsɛm.bli laɪn/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"新製品の組立ラインが稼働を開始しました。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A series of workers and machines in a factory by which a succession of identical items is progressively assembled.

    "The factory introduced a new assembly line to speed up car production."
  2. 2

    A system of sequential steps or a process for handling tasks in a repetitive or highly organized manner.

    "Writing software updates has become an assembly line of testing and deployment."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of assembly, originating from Old French 'assembler' (from Latin 'assimulare'), and line, from Old English 'līne' (from Latin 'linea'). The term emerged in the early 20th century, famously popularized by Henry Ford in 1913, representing a manufacturing process in which parts are added sequentially to create a finished product much faster.

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