modular
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To overcome this obstacle, the team engineered a modular nanostructure assembled from small components, similar to building with Lego blocks.
From Science Daily
"I noticed that the brick was a very pink-cast brick, and it had a little bit of a charcoal overlay on it. It was a modular eight-inch brick and it was square-edged," he says.
From BBC
Builders say manufactured and modular homes are quicker and cheaper to produce.
A subcontractor unfamiliar with modular construction might bid a project higher than they otherwise would to compensate for the uncertainty.
From Los Angeles Times
In a few cases, they have made direct investments in the developers of small modular reactors, or SMRs, or become an anchor customer for early projects.
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