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  1. man hour, person hournoun

    a time unit used in industry for measuring work

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  1. person hour

    A man-hour (sometimes referred to as person-hour) is the amount of work performed by the average worker in one hour. It is used for estimation of the total amount of uninterrupted labor required to perform a task. For example, researching and writing a college paper might require eighty man-hours, while preparing a family banquet from scratch might require ten man-hours. Man-hours exclude the breaks that people generally require from work, e.g. for rest, eating, and other bodily functions. They count only pure labor. Managers count the man-hours and add break time to estimate the amount of time a task will actually take to complete. Thus, while one college course's written paper might require twenty man-hours to carry out, it almost certainly will not get done in twenty consecutive hours. Its progress will be interrupted by work for other courses, meals, sleep, and other human necessities.

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  1. person hour

    A person hour is a unit of measure that represents one hour of work performed by an individual. It is often used in project management or workforce planning to estimate the amount of effort required to complete a task or project. For example, if a project is estimated to require 100 person hours, it could be completed by one person working 100 hours, 10 people working 10 hours each, or any other combination totaling 100 hours of work.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of person hour in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of person hour in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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