person-day
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person-day
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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.
noun person-days
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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
Similar: man-day
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noun Translations
| Español | día-hombre |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 人日 nin'nichi |
| Français | jour-personne, jour-homme, homme-jour |
| Deutsch | Personentag |
| Ελληνικά | ανθρωποημέρα anthropoïméra |
Talk about this word "person-day." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/person-day. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. person-day. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/person-day "person-day." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/person-day.Cite this
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title = {person-day},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/person-day},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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