production line

noun

1. an arrangement of machines or sequence of operations involved with a single manufacturing operation or production process. Compare assembly line, line ¹( def 29 ).

production line

noun

1. a factory system in which parts or components of the end product are transported by a conveyor through a number of different sites at each of which a manual or machine operation is performed on them without interrupting the flow of production

Word History and Origins

Origin of production line¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Imagine, he said, that Henry Ford was rolling the first Model T off the production line, only to be told the world needed a billion of them.

From MIT Technology Review

The first 5-Series sedan rolled off the production line in 1972, just three years after Stonewall.

From Washington Blade

Moderna itself has one production line with capacity for 100 million doses a year.

From Fortune

The government could identify companies capable of switching their production lines over to make needed equipment and agree on plans for doing so before they’re needed.

From Popular-Science

To train ART, the team fed the algorithm data from proteomics—that is, a census of all proteins in a cell—to build a probabilistic model that can then predict how changes to those proteins alter the production line.

From Singularity Hub 

Now, Roberts and her small team are gearing up to launch their next full production line since the first one came out last year.

From The Daily Beast

Maybe I just got unlucky, but it could point to a grander issue in the production line.

From The Daily Beast

As that last VW Bus rolls off the production line in Brazil, enthusiasts around the world will keep the stories coming.

From The Daily Beast

He hopes to raise $2 million to finance the building of a production line.

From The Daily Beast

Apple will save money by not having to retool its production line.

From The Daily Beast

It took Robling Titanium approximately two days to convert its entire production line to titanium-steel trash cans.

From Project Gutenberg

It was the expressionless face of an android, a fine example of the Creche's production line.

From Project Gutenberg

He would have to pin them and slip them into the production line as best he could.

From Project Gutenberg

They moved toward the center on a production line, finally reaching a matter-collapser where they were plated with collapsium.

From Project Gutenberg

The mediating function of language is different here than on the production line.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• assembly line