person-day en · NOUN
Etymology
Compound of person + day, although, as with any such unit of measure (e.g., ton-miles, newton metres), the mathematical relationship of multiplication is simultaneously involved: X persons working during Y days = X × Y = Z person-days.
Meanings
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One person's working time for a day, or the equivalent, used as a measure of how much work or labor is required or consumed to perform some task.
Holonyms: person-month, man-month < person-year, man-year
They estimated that it would take at least four people working a total of at least 80 person-days to build the foundation.
Meronyms: person-hour, man-hour
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| person-days | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (10)
fr homme-jour (Translations) · de Personentag (Translations) · fr jour-personne (Translations) · fr jour-homme (Translations) · pl osobodzień (Translations) · ja 人日 (Translations) · el ανθρωποημέρα (Translations) · es día-hombre (Translations) · pl roboczodniówka (Translations) · pl dniówka (Translations)