ergonomy

Noun

ergonomics (uncountable)

1. 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.
2. (rare) 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...