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mass production

–noun
the production or manufacture of goods in large quantities, esp. by machinery.

Origin:
1915–20
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mass production  
n.  The manufacture of goods in large quantities, often using standardized designs and assembly-line techniques.
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mass production

The manufacture of goods in large quantities by machinery and by use of techniques such as the assembly line and division of labor.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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