An assembly line is a line of workers each adding one part in turn. Work on the assembly line.
Ford did not invent it, but he took the time to build a car from twelve hours to about ninety minutes. An assembly line moves at a speed set by somebody else, which is the whole complaint about it.
1nounassembly lineA line of workers each adding one part in turn.
“The assembly line ran at one vehicle every fifty-five seconds.”
assembly line is a system.
Practised in Factory & Manufacturing