motion studyn.

1911 F. B. Gilbreth (title) Motion study.

1911 F. B. Gilbreth Motion Study p. v The phrase ‘Motion Study’ explains itself. The aim of motion study is to find and perpetuate the scheme of perfection... Standardizing the trades is the world's most important work to-day, and motion study is the first factor in that work.

1918 C. S. Myers Present-day Applic. Psychol. 17 Yet in regard to industry, the need for good method and the need for systematic training are only just beginning to be realised, as is instanced in the following illustrations of what is now technically known as ‘motion-study’.

1933 M. S. Viteles Industr. Psychol. xx. 436 In the practical application of motion study techniques the emphasis is upon the ease of work, upon human and not primarily upon economic efficiency.

1960 M. Spark Ballad of Peckham Rye ii. 15 Motion study did marvels in the factory.

1999 Asheville (N. Carolina) Citizen-Times (Nexis) 9 Jan. e1 Motion studies showed the use of water and trash disposal to be the two most repetitive tasks in the kitchen.

1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 21 May c1 Stanford hired Eadweard Muybridge, a photographer interested in motion studies, to train his cameras on one of the governor's horses.

1999 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 17 Jan. (Chicagoland section) 5 Their paintings and sculptures often incorporate a sense of speed, excitement and/or nostalgia, with themes ranging from motion studies of particular cars to great moments in auto racing.