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therblig

therblig noun: any of a set of fundamental motions required for a worker to perform a manual operation.

therblig: any of a set of fundamental motions required for a worker to perform a manual operation
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Noun

therblig (plural therbligs)

  1. (time and motion study) Any of a set of fundamental motions required for a worker to perform a manual operation.
    • Minimize your therblig until it becomes automatic; this doubles your effective lifetime—and thereby gives time to enjoy butterflies and kittens and rainbows.1973, Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

therblig meaning in Tamil

therblig in Tamil

தெர்ப்லிக் அசைவு அளவை

Forms of therblig

pluraltherbligs

Origin of therblig

By partial reversal of the name of its inventor, F. B. Gilbreth, American engineer.

Questions about therblig

What does therblig mean?
Therblig means any of a set of fundamental motions required for a worker to perform a manual operation.
What is therblig in Tamil?
Therblig in Tamil is தெர்ப்லிக் அசைவு அளவை. See Therblig meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is therblig?
Therblig is a noun.
What is the plural of therblig?
The plural of therblig is therbligs.

Words near therblig in the dictionary

  1. Theravadans
  2. Theravadas
  3. Theravadin
  4. Theravadins
  5. Theravadism
  6. therblig
  7. therbligs
  8. there
  9. there again
  10. there ain't no such thing as a free lunch
  11. there and back

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Adapted from Wiktionary: therblig (page history and authors); therblig (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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