What is another word for interchangeable parts?

Pronunciation: [ˌɪntət͡ʃˈe͡ɪnd͡ʒəbə͡l pˈɑːts] (IPA)

Interchangeable parts, also known as standard parts or replacement parts, are components that are designed to fit and function in the same way as other identical parts. These parts can be easily swapped out for one another without requiring any modifications to the larger system. Other terms for interchangeable parts include exchangeable parts, uniform parts, identical parts, and modular parts. The concept of interchangeable parts revolutionized manufacturing by making the mass production of goods possible and enabling repairs to be made more quickly and easily. This standardization also resulted in a reduction in costs and an increase in efficiency in the production process.

What are the hypernyms for Interchangeable parts?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Interchangeable parts

  • I tell you, sir, the only safeguard of order and discipline in the modern world is a standardized worker with interchangeable parts. That would solve the entire problem of management.
    Jean Giraudoux
  • The work that people did had been broken down into jobs that were the same every day, in organizations where people were interchangeable parts. All of the story had been bled out of their lives. That was how it had to be, it was how you got a productive economy. But it would be easy to see a will at work behind this: not exactly an evil will, but a selfish will. The people who'd made the system thus were jealous, not of money and not of power, but of story. If their employees came home with interesting stories to tell, it meant that something had gone wrong: a blackout, a strike, a spree killing. The Powers That Be would not suffer others to be in stories of their own unless they were fake stories that had been made up to motivate them. People who couldn't live without story...had to look somewhere outside of work for a feeling that they were part of a story, which I guessed was why Sæculars were so concerned with sports, and with religion. How else could you see yourself as part of an adventure?
    Neal Stephenson

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