prefabrication
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- noun
- /ˌpriːˌfæbrɪˈkeɪʃən/
- Specialized
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prefabricación
- There, around the pebbled clearing of the upper square, was manifest the logic of prefabrication and mass production that Paul Williams had incorporated into his thoroughly modern, post-Bauhaus-style buildings.
Examples
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Thanks to prefabrication, many new housing developments can be completed in a fraction of the usual time.
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It's called prefabrication.
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In both its original and then reincarnated form, the Crystal Palace proved the utility of this massive pioneer work of prefabrication as a purpose-built exhibition hall.
Academic text (1990) -
Prefabrication encouraged customization, and in the form of local quirks, the United States became, in parts at least, a "bungalow nation" (Miller 2007).
Academic text (2011) -
Prefabrication allows builders to rapidly assemble prefabrication homes on site using pre-manufactured sections.
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The use of prefabrication in construction reduces waste and speeds up the building process.
Synonyms
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The process of making things from raw materials, often in factories
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Making many things using machines
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The act of making things, especially in a factory by shaping and joining materials
Putting parts together before the final installation
Surface Forms
Morphology
prefabrication = prefabricate (semi-transparent) = pre + fabricate + ion
This is a regular noun formation from the verb 'prefabricate' meaning the process of carrying out that action.
Etymology
Prefabrication breaks into pre- meaning 'before' and fabrication meaning 'making', the same root you see in fabricate or fabric. A helpful way to remember it is that parts of a building are made 'before' in a factory so they can be quickly put together on site.