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therbligs

therbligs is the plural of therblig.

Meaning of therblig

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

Questions about therbligs

What is therbligs the plural of?
Therbligs is the plural of therblig.

Words near therbligs in the dictionary

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

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