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makespans

makespans is the plural of makespan.

Meaning of makespan

Noun

makespan (countable and uncountable, plural makespans)

  1. The time difference between the start and finish of a sequence of jobs or tasks.
    • If we don't reduce the makespan of that product, the order won't be shipped on time.

Questions about makespans

What is makespans the plural of?
Makespans is the plural of makespan.

Words near makespans in the dictionary

  1. makeshiftiness
  2. makeshiftness
  3. makeshifts
  4. makeshifty
  5. makespan
  6. makespans
  7. makest
  8. makestrife
  9. maketh
  10. makeunder
  11. makeunders

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Adapted from Wiktionary: makespans (page history and authors); makespan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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