makespan

== English == === Etymology === From make +‎ span. === Noun === makespan (countable and uncountable, plural makespans) (manufacturing) The time difference between the start and finish of a sequence of jobs or tasks. === References === Skorin-Kapov, J. and A. J. Vakharia, "Scheduling a flow-line manufacturing cell: a tabu search approach", International Journal of Production Research, 1993, vol 31, no 7, page 1722. === Anagrams === Speakman, manspeak