monotask

English

Etymology

mono- + task

Verb

monotask (third-person singular simple present monotasks, present participle monotasking, simple past and past participle monotasked)

  1. To perform only one task at a time

Noun

monotask (plural monotasks)

  1. A single task performed while not performing other tasks (i.e. not multitasking).
    • 2000, Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (→ISBN):
      From the Level I analysis it should be apparent that Medical Billing involves multiple tasks, while the Transmission Assembly is essentially a monotask.
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