time and motion study

1. 1.

   an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort

   Synonymstime-and-motion studytime-motion studymotion studytime studywork study

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Questions about time and motion study

What does time and motion study mean?

time and motion study means "an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort".

What is another word for time and motion study?

Close synonyms include time-and-motion study, time-motion study, motion study, time study, work study. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is time and motion study a common word?

time and motion study is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.