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📦 A ready-made part 🔧 Early building step
preassembly

preassembly

4.8
A group of parts put together in advance to form a unit ready for installation
  • noun
  • /priːəˈsɛmblɪ/
translation icon : preensamblaje
  • The factory shipped the preassembly to the construction site for quick installation.

Examples

  • Each preassembly is carefully inspected before being sent to the customer.

  • Using a preassembly can save time and reduce errors during the final build.

  • The preassembly of parts is crucial for efficiency.

  • We received the preassembly yesterday.

  • The factory shipped the preassembly to the construction site for quick installation.

  • Using a preassembly can save time and reduce errors during the final build.

  • Each preassembly is carefully inspected before being sent to the customer.

Synonyms

assembly
vspreassembly
  • Specialized
112 3.9

A part made by putting smaller parts together, for example in machines

is built ahead of time specifically to be ready for installation
subassembly
vspreassembly
  • Specialized
1 6.4

A part made separately and later added to a larger product

is built ahead of time to be ready for installation or later integration

Antonyms

disassembly
2 5.2

To take something apart, often a machine, so you can fix or check it

How Assembled

assembly
  • Specialized
112 3.9
preassembly
4.8

Surface Forms

preassembly singular
preassemblies plural

Morphology

preassembly = assembly (semi-transparent) = pre + assembly

The temporal meaning of 'pre-' is clear, but the specialized manufacturing sense 'unit ready for installation' is not fully automatic for all learners.

Etymology

Preassembly is made of pre- meaning 'before' and assembly meaning 'put together'. So a preassembly is a group of parts already put together into a unit that is ready to install.