ergonomics
Syllables: er·go·no·micsUK/ɜː.ɡəˈnɒm.ɪks/US/ˌɝ.ɡəˈnɑ.mɪks/
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ergonomics noun: the science of the design of equipment, especially so as to reduce operator fatigue, discomfort and injury.
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Noun
ergonomics (uncountable)
- The science of the design of equipment, especially so as to reduce operator fatigue, discomfort and injury.
- Ergonomics is increasingly important in office-product design.
- Ergonomics, deriving from the Greek word "ergon" work is now mainly considered to mean "the science of designing machines and environments that are most suited to the efficiency, comfort, safety and peace of mind of those working with them" (see Armbruster, 1983). […] Ergonomics goes beyond the...1990, “Ergonomic Aspects of Computer Use”, in Allen Kent, James G. Williams, editors, Encyclopedia of Microcomputers, volume 6 (Electronic Dictionaries in Machine Translation to Evaluation of...
- Political economy.
- As the titlepage of this latter portion of his work indicates, M. Courcelle Seneuil confines himself to political economy considered as a practical science, or, as he chooses to call it, to ergonomics.1859 July 9, “Traite Theorique et Pratique d'Economie Politique. Par J. G. Courcelle Seneuil. Tome II. Partie Pratique, ou Ergonomie. Paris: Guillaumin et Cie. 1858.”, in The Economist, Weekly...
ergonomics meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Kannada and Malay
ergonomics in Tamil
- உயிரியல்சார் தொழிலமைப்பு, உழைப்பில் உடலியக்கம்
ergonomics in Bengali
- আরগোনোমিক্স, কর্মপরিবেশ প্রকৌশল
ergonomics in Kannada
- ಬಳಸುಗವರಿಮೆ
ergonomics in Malay
- science of the design of equipment
- ergonomik
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- ergonomics in Indonesian
- ergonomi
- ergonomics in Thai
- การยศาสตร์ gaan yásàat
- ergonomics in Vietnamese
- công thái học
Synonyms of ergonomics
Origin of ergonomics
From ergo- (prefix indicating work) + -nomics (suffix indicating the rules of a discipline), probably modelled after Polish ergonomia (“ergonomics”) (used by Polish scientist Wojciech Jastrzębowski (1799–1882) in an 1857 article), from Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work”) + νόμος (nómos, “custom; law, ordinance”). The English word is widely regarded as having been introduced by British psychologist K. F. Hywel Murrell at a meeting at the Admiralty in London in July 1949, which led to the establishment of the Ergonomics Research Society (now The Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors) on 17 September 1949.
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Questions about ergonomics
- What does ergonomics mean?
- Ergonomics means the science of the design of equipment, especially so as to reduce operator fatigue, discomfort and injury.
- What is ergonomics in Tamil?
- Ergonomics in Tamil is உயிரியல்சார் தொழிலமைப்பு, உழைப்பில் உடலியக்கம். See Ergonomics meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is ergonomics?
- Ergonomics is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ergonomics?
- Ergonomics is pronounced /ɜː.ɡəˈnɒm.ɪks/ (UK).
Words near ergonomics in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ergonomics (page history and authors); ergonomics (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ergonomics (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ergonomics (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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