Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To manufacture (a building or section of a building, for example) in advance, especially in standard sections that can be easily shipped and assembled.
- transitive verb To make up, construct, or develop in an artificial, unoriginal, or stereotypic manner.
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- verb To
manufacture something, especially abuilding , instandard components that can be fitted together on site
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb produce synthetically, artificially, or stereotypically and unoriginally
- verb to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings
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Examples
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Prefabricated from the most traditional of materials, but that material -- because of the technology, the computing ability, the ability to prefabricate, make high-performance components out of timber -- very much at the cutting edge.
Norman Foster's green agenda Norman Foster 2007
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Prefabricated from the most traditional of materials, but that material -- because of the technology, the computing ability, the ability to prefabricate, make high-performance components out of timber -- very much at the cutting edge.
Norman Foster's green agenda Norman Foster 2007
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Prefabricated from the most traditional of materials, but that material -- because of the technology, the computing ability, the ability to prefabricate, make high-performance components out of timber -- very much at the cutting edge.
Norman Foster's green agenda Norman Foster 2007
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I think the companies are trying too hard to prefabricate the kind of “sentient universe” idea that Grant Morrison has been known to go on about.
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Apart from latrine construction, firms or individuals may be able to prefabricate components, such as slabs, blocks, pans and pipes.
Chapter 5 1992
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Apart from latrine construction, firms or individuals may be able to prefabricate components, such as slabs, blocks, pans and pipes.
Chapter 6 1992
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Local craftspeople can easily prefabricate the bamboo structures.
79. Community-run preschool centres in low-income areas 1992
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The first step in putting up the walls, of course, is to prefabricate the cavity blocks as described in section 3.2.3.
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· In the example described, the span of the dome was 5 m, a size that is easy to prefabricate and transport manually with 5 people.
Chapter 10 1988
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Steve, to prefabricate the panel and have it put into position all at once.
Sabotage in Space Carey Rockwell
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