ERGONOMICS


Meaning of ERGONOMICS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌər-gə-ˈnä-miks ]

noun plural but singular or plural in construction

Etymology: erg- + -nomics (as in economics )

Date: 1949

1. : an applied science concerned with designing and arranging things people use so that the people and things interact most efficiently and safely — called also biotechnology, human engineering, human factors

2. : the design characteristics of an object resulting especially from the application of the science of ergonomics

• er·go·nom·ic -mik adjective

• er·go·nom·i·cal·ly -mi-k(ə-)lē adverb

• er·gon·o·mist (ˌ)ər-ˈgä-nə-mist noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.