motions pathway

motions pathway

[′mō·shənz ′path‚wā]

(industrial engineering)

The locus of movement of an anatomical segment in moving from one point of the workplace to another; includes the elemental increments in such motions as reaching, changing position, examining, and holding.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.