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TIME-MOTION STUDY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does time-motion study mean?
• TIME-MOTION STUDY (noun)
The noun TIME-MOTION STUDY has 1 sense:
1. an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort
Familiarity information: TIME-MOTION STUDY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
motion study; time-and-motion study; time-motion study; time and motion study; time study; work study
Hypernyms ("time-motion study" is a kind of...):
examination; scrutiny (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))
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