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prefabrication::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | fabrication, manufacture, manufacturing |
| Derivation | prefabricate |
Examples of prefabrication
prefabrication
Prefabrication is alive and well, but at the scale of bricks, not buildings.
From the washingtonpost.com
Modular housing is a type of prefabrication, or prefab, that is rarely seen as elegant.
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Other new technologies were prefabrication and computer-aided design.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In the 1900s, some house designers started using prefabrication.
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All the same, forward-looking architects have always found the idea of prefabrication irresistible.
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The Stroppiana brothers'intuition that prefabrication would produce better tracks was the starting-point.
From the economist.com
Prefabrication and standardized, industrially produced housing were the accepted solution for these social problems.
From the online.wsj.com
This method exists today, but it's not used very much, since homeowners associate prefabrication with lower-end homes.
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Prefabrication in fact pervades construction.
From the washingtonpost.com
- The manufacture of sections of a building at the factory so they can be easily and rapidly assembled at the building site
- (prefabricate) produce synthetically, artificially, or stereotypically and unoriginally
- Prefabrication is the practice of assembling components of a structure in a factory or other manufacturing site, and transporting complete assemblies or sub-assemblies to the construction site where the structure is to be located. ...
- (prefabricated) manufactured in advance, usually to a standard format, and then assembled on site; invented in advance
- (Prefabricate) To fabricate units or components at a mill or plant for assembly at another location.
- (Prefabricated) Any building or portion thereof which is manufactured and assembled off site, then erected on a property.
- (prefabricated) A house whose substantial parts are made entirely or in sections away from the building site.
- (PREFABRICATED) Descriptive term for a building that is put together on site from components (walls, floors, roof, etc.) built off-site (in a factory, for example).
- (Prefabricated) A device that has been manufactured from standard molds or patterns.
