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  • noun Plural form of subassembly.

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Examples

  • The vision was for workerless plants, operating in the dark, three shifts daily, reproducing parts and subassemblies at ultralow labor cost and with high repeatability and, thus, quality.

    Japan's Advantage and How the Cadillac Lost Its Shine 2011

  • Michael Sparks, executive vice president of operations at Mexico, Missouri-based Spartan Light Metal Products, says, "customers have changed from purchasing magnesium parts and subassemblies from us to purchasing from foreign competitors."

    Mugging Magnesium 2011

  • We were doing some “smart weapons” subassemblies, and that got moved elsewhere, and a bunch of us (over 600 people) got laid off, including myself.

    Think Progress » GOP Rep. Dean Heller claims extending unemployment benefits is creating ‘hobos.’ 2010

  • The vision was for workerless plants, operating in the dark, three shifts daily, reproducing parts and subassemblies at ultralow labor cost and with high repeatability and, thus, quality.

    Japan's Advantage and How the Cadillac Lost Its Shine 2011

  • The feeder industries passed their products to component shops, which in turn passed subassemblies to factories for completion and installation.

    Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

  • The feeder industries passed their products to component shops, which in turn passed subassemblies to factories for completion and installation.

    Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

  • We may not even be aware of these phenomena as we read, but in great fiction, all the parts and subassemblies of creation are integral and mutually supporting.

    Wooden Disposition : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits 2009

  • Technologies consisted of parts—assemblies and subassemblies—that were themselves technologies.

    The Nature of Technology W. Brain Arthur 2009

  • But over time it encrusts the new technology with assemblies and subassemblies needed for superior performance.

    The Nature of Technology W. Brain Arthur 2009

  • Both will have significant US content in components and subassemblies.

    "Stocks Tumble as Bailout Plan Is Unveiled." Ann Althouse 2009

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