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mass production en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The process of manufacturing products on a large scale.
    • After the war, the invaluable experience gained with mass production of the TP engines saw Davey Paxman in a favourable position to supply such units almost "off the shelf", a facility found to be of great value by oil companies engaged in well-drilling; [...]. 1964 May, R. K. Evans, “The Ventura—Paxman's high-speed engine”, in Modern Railways, page 328:
    • They were ruled out as over-engineered and too expensive for mass production, and lost out to Class 141 and '142' railbuses, and then Class 150s. 2023 April 5, “£35,000 needed to save a Class 317 and create rebuilt '210' DMU”, in RAIL, number 980, page 8:

Relateds

mass-produce

Synonyms

flow production

Translations (28)

ja 大量生産 (process of manufacturing products on a large scale) · ru ма́ссовое произво́дство (process of manufacturing products on a large scale) · fi suurtuotanto (process of manufacturing products on a large scale) · ca producció en sèrie (process of manufacturing products on a large scale) · pl produkcja masowa (process of manufacturing products on a large scale) · mi whakaputanga ngahue (process of manufacturing products on a large scale) · es fabricación serial (process of manufacturing products on a large scale) · ko 대량생산 (process of manufacturing products on a large scale) · ja 量産 (process of manufacturing products on a large scale) · ga olltáirgeadh (process of manufacturing products on a large scale) · cmn 大量生產 /大量生产 (process of manufacturing products on a large scale) · uk ма́сове виробни́цтво (process of manufacturing products on a large scale) · de Massenproduktion (process of manufacturing products on a large scale) · it produzione di massa (process of manufacturing products on a large scale) · pt produção em massa (process of manufacturing products on a large scale) · es manufacturación masificada (process of manufacturing products on a large scale) · cmn 大規模生產 /大规模生产 (process of manufacturing products on a large scale) · hu sorozatgyártás (process of manufacturing products on a large scale) · fi massatuotanto (process of manufacturing products on a large scale) · sv massproduktion (process of manufacturing products on a large scale) · nl massaproductie (process of manufacturing products on a large scale) · ru пото́чное произво́дство (process of manufacturing products on a large scale) · ru сери́йное произво́дство (process of manufacturing products on a large scale) · hu tömeggyártás (process of manufacturing products on a large scale) · es manifactura multitudinaria (process of manufacturing products on a large scale) · fi sarjatuotanto (process of manufacturing products on a large scale) · es producción masiva (process of manufacturing products on a large scale) · ga olltáirgeacht (process of manufacturing products on a large scale)