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motion study

American  

motion study British  

noun

  1. short for time and motion study

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of motion study

First recorded in 1910–15


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One of the main projects I’ve been directly involved in is setting up a time and motion study.

From Slate ● Dec. 1, 2020

Lillian Gilbreth, a psychologist, engineer and a pioneer of what’s called motion study.

From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2018

In a time and motion study, he would quantify each step and how long it would take.

From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2014

It was shortly after the measles epidemic that Dad started applying motion study to surgery to try to reduce the time required for certain operations.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

The next time we saw him, he was in uniform, assigned to motion study training in assembling and disassembling the Lewis machine gun and other automatic weapons.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

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