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man-machine

man-machine adjective: of a system: including both human and machine and/or their interface.

Adjective

man-machine (not comparable)

  1. Of a system: including both human and machine and/or their interface.
    • The man-machine system is a combination of people and equipment interacting to produce a desired result from given inputs.1995, Béla G. Lipták, Instrument Engineers' Handbook, page 329

Questions about man-machine

What does man-machine mean?
Man-machine means of a system: including both human and machine and/or their interface.
What part of speech is man-machine?
Man-machine is an adjective.

Words near man-machine in the dictionary

  1. man-in-the-browser
  2. man-in-the-middle attack
  3. man-in-the-middle attacks
  4. man-killer
  5. man-killers
  6. man-machine
  7. man-made
  8. man-made fiber
  9. man-made fibers
  10. man-mark
  11. man-marked

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