Definitions

1. noun

A unit of work or a basic task, especially in the context of time-and-motion studies.

“The assembly line workers were responsible for breaking down the manufacturing process into therbligs to improve efficiency.”

2. noun

A hypothetical unit of work, often used as a humorous example of a made-up technical term.

“The professor used the term ‘therblig’ to illustrate the absurdity of some technical jargon in his linguistics class.”