TIME-AND-MOTION STUDY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does time-and-motion study mean? 

• TIME-AND-MOTION STUDY (noun)
  The noun TIME-AND-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-AND-MOTION STUDY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TIME-AND-MOTION STUDY (noun)

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-and-motion study" is a kind of...):

examination; scrutiny (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))