0 to produce goods in large numbers, usually in a factory using machines: --
1 to invent something, such as an excuse or story, in order to deceive someone: --
She insisted that every scandalous detail of the story had been manufactured.
3 to produce goods in large numbers, esp. in a factory using machines: --
4 to invent something such as a situation, story, or event, esp. to deceive someone: --
5 to produce goods in large numbers, especially in a factory using machines: --
Unlike the industrialization stage, in a postindustrial society, manufacturing industries give way to knowledge-based industries, such as finance, computing, information technology, and biotechnology.
In addition, microassembly can increase the overall yield as the number of layers and manufacturing steps grow for a complex device.
By contrast, the complete labor contracts found in manufacturing industries preclude the high wages generated by reciprocal gift exchange.
Also, considerations of manufacturing feasibility must be examined.
His proposals to establish a national bank, encourage domestic manufactures and create an efficient federal bond market were an integral part of the vision.
Thus, manufacturing in the interior is almost entirely the consequence of substantial subsidies from the federal government.
The inspection devices are specially designed and manufactured so that they are small enough to act freely in the narrow space between the tubes.
They reduce manufacturing flexibility because they must be modified or redesigned whenever the size or shape of parts assembled is changed.
