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cindynics

Syllables: cyn·din·ics/sɪnˈdɪnɪks/

cindynics noun: the science of risk analysis.

Noun

cindynics (uncountable)

  1. (systems engineering) The science of risk analysis.
    • Cindynics: The Science of Danger [article title]1995, Georges-Yves Kervern, “Cindynics: The Science of Danger”, in Risk Management, volume 42, number 3, New York, N.Y.: Risk and Insurance Management Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 34
    • [W]e have continued in the four directions announced in 1994: […] The transfer of road safety concepts to other modes of transport and vice-versa (e.g., secondary safety applied to guided transport, the introduction of cindynics and anthropotechnics in road vehicles).1996 October, Jean Pierre Medevielle, “France”, in The Fifteenth International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles: World Congress Centre, Melbourne, Australia, 13–16 May 1996...

Origin of cindynics

Borrowed from French cindyniques + English -ics (suffix forming nouns denoting fields of knowledge or practice). Cindyniques is a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κῐ́νδῡνος (kĭ́ndūnos, “danger, hazard, risk”) (probably from Pre-Greek) + French -ique (suffix forming nouns denoting fields of knowledge or practice) + -s (suffix forming plurals), and was coined by the French engineer Georges-Yves Kervern (1935–2008) in 1987, and first published in the Le Monde newspaper on 10 December 1987.

Words formed from cindynics

Questions about cindynics

What does cindynics mean?
Cindynics means the science of risk analysis.
What part of speech is cindynics?
Cindynics is a noun.
How do you pronounce cindynics?
Cindynics is pronounced /sɪnˈdɪnɪks/ (UK).

Words near cindynics in the dictionary

  1. cindery
  2. Cindi
  3. Cindie
  4. Cindy
  5. cindynic
  6. cindynics
  7. cine
  8. cine camera
  9. cine cameras
  10. cine film
  11. cine films

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