therblig
[ thur-blig ]
/ ˈθɜr blɪg /
noun
(in time and motion study) any of the basic elements involved in completing a given manual operation or task that can be subjected to analysis.
Nearby words
- therapist,
- therapsid,
- therapy,
- theravada,
- theravadin,
- there,
- there are plenty of fish in the sea,
- there but for the grace of god go i,
- there is no joy in mudville,
- there was a little girl / who had a little curl
Origin of therblig
1930–35, Americanism; anagram of F. B. Gilbreth (1868–1924), American engineer
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