Other forms: subassemblies
A subassembly is a group of parts put together before final building. Build the subassembly.
It lets several teams work at once and lets a faulty section be replaced whole. A subassembly is tested before it goes in, which is far cheaper than testing afterwards.
1nounsubassemblyA group of parts put together before final building.
“Each engine subassembly is tested before it goes to the main factory.”
subassembly is a unit.
Old French
asemblee
Anglo-Norman
asemblee
Middle English
assemblee
English
assembly
English, today
subassembly
From sub- + assembly. assembly comes from Middle English assemblee, from Anglo-Norman asemblee (Old French asemblee, French assemblée). by surface analysis, assemble + -y.
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