time and motion
/ˌtʌɪm ən(d) ˈməʊʃn/adjective
Attributive Designating the study of an industrial or other operation with regard to the time taken and method followed in carrying out each of its constituent tasks, usually with a view to improving efficiency; relating to, concerned with, or involving study of this kind. Compare earlier time study.
Origin
Early 20th century. From time + and + motion.
- thirty-twomo
- thirty-year rule
- Thirty Years War
- Thiruvananthapuram
- this
- this and that (or this, that, and the other)
- Thisbe
- this is it
- this is the life
- this minute (or this very minute)
- this much
- this side of
- this side of the black stump
- thistle
- thistledown
- Thistle, Order of the
- thistly
- this-worldly
- thither
- thitherto
- thixotropic
- thixotropy
- Th.M.
- THM
- tho'