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Definition: Ergonomics |
ErgonomicsNoun1. The branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | Ergonomics The study of the design and arrangement of equipment so that people will interact with the equipment in healthy, comfortable, and efficient manner. As related to computer equipment, ergonomics is concerned with such factors as the physical design of the keyboard, screens, and related hardware, and the manner in which people interact with these hardware devices. (1995-04-14). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Health | Study of the relationships between man and machines; adjusting the design of machines to the need and capacities of man; study of the effect of machines on man's behavior. (references) |
Medicine | Study of work, which, from the perspective of occupational safety and health, is concerned with the consequences of work activities on worker well-being. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| ERS | English | Ergonomics Research Society | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: ErgonomicsSynonyms: bioengineering (n), biotechnology (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Ergonomics |
| English words defined with "ergonomics": ergonomic. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ergonomics": cognitive ergonomics ♦ information ergonomics ♦ man-machine interface ♦ user/system interface. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Human factors include the noise level, vibration characteristics and ergonomics of the machines. (references) | |
New office furniture designs, even seats, stress ergonomics; i.e., balance between esthetics and physical comfort. (references) | ||
Consequently, machinery users tend to pay special attention to safety and quality issues, as well as operate in an environmentally friendly manner and fulfill the requirements of ergonomics (human factors). (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Ergonomics" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 50.67% of the time. "Ergonomics" is used about 75 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 50.67% | 38 | 55,818 |
| Noun (singular) | 46.67% | 35 | 58,339 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 75 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "ergonomics": cognitive ergonomics ♦ information ergonomics. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "ergonomics"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ergonomi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ергономия. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 人"工程学. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ergonomika. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ergonomi (human engineering, human factors engineering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ergonomie (human engineering, human factors engineering), technische menskunde (human engineering, human factors engineering), arbeidsleer (human engineering, human factors engineering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kognitiivinen ergonomia (cognitive ergonomics), informaatioergonomia (information ergonomics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ergonomie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ergonomie (engineering psychology, human engineering, human factors engineering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ΖΕκτο πρόγραμμα εργονομικής έρευνας ΕΚΑΧ για τις βιομηχανίες άνθρακα και χάλυβα (Sixth ECSC programme of ergonomics research for the coal and steel industries), γνωστική εργονομία (cognitive ergonomics), 'Εκτο πρόγραμμα εργονομικής έρευνας ΕΚΑΧ για τις βιομηχανίες άνθρακα και χάλυβα (Sixth ECSC programme of ergonomics research for the coal and steel industries), εργονομία της πληροφορίας (information ergonomics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ergonómia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ergonomia (human engineering, human factors engineering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | アーケード街 (archaic smile, earth, earth color, Earth Day, earthquake, ground, shopping arcade), エリキシル剤 (Educational Resources Information Center, El Dorado, El Nino, El Salvador, elixir, Elysium, erbium, erg, ERIC, erythromycin, erythropoietin, Jerusalem, L size, large size, LP record, LSD). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | アーゴノミックス , エルゴノミックス . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ergonomicsay portanto (accordingly, between this and that, so, therefore, thus, wherefore). (various references) эргономика. (various references) ergonomija. (various references) ergonomía (human engineering, human factors engineering). (various references) ergonomi (biotechnology), bioteknologi (biotechnology). (various references) การศึกษาเกี่ยวกับการจั"วางรูปแบบของที่ทำงานและอุปกร"์สำนักงานให้เหมาะสม สะ"วก ปลอ" ัยแ. (various references) ergonomi (human engineering). (various references) ергономіка. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | ergon. (various references) |
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Misspellings | |
"Ergonomics" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: argonomics, egonomic, egonomics, egronomics, erginomic, ergomomics, ergonimics, ergonnmic, ergonomi, ergonomicss, ergonomycs, ergononmics, erogonimic, erronomic, urgonomic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ergonomics" (pronounced er'gunÄ"miks) |
| 7 | -u n Ä" m i k s | economics, macroeconomics, microeconomics. |
| 5 | -Ä" m i k s | comics. |
| 4 | -m i k s | academics, aerodynamics, ceramics, dynamics, electrodynamics, epidemics, gimmicks, hemodynamics, mimics, polemics. |
| 3 | -i k s | acoustics, acrobatics, acrylics, aerobatics, aerobics, aeronautics, aesthetics, affix, alcoholics, analgesics, analytics, anesthetics, anorexics, antibiotics, antics, apparatchiks, appendix, asthmatics, astronautics, astrophysics, athletics, atmospherics, attics, automatics, avionics, ballistics, basics, batiks, beatniks, bioethics, biologics, biophysics, bishoprics, calisthenics, Calix, calyx, catholics, cervix, characteristics, charismatics, civics, classics, clerics, clinics, conics, cosmetics, Criminalistics, critics, cynics, demographics, diabetics, diagnostics, diuretics, domestics, eccentrics, econometrics, electrics, electronics, epics, ethics, ethnics, eugenics, exotics, fabrics, fanatics, forensics, generics, genetics, geometrics, geopolitics, geriatrics, graphics, gymnastics, harmonics, helix, heroics, hieroglyphics, histrionics, hydraulics, hypnotics, hysterics, informatics, ionics, italics, kibbutzniks, kinetics, limericks, linguistics, logistics, lyrics, Magnetics, mathematics, matrix, mavericks, mechanics, medics, metaphysics, metrics, microelectronics, micrographics, mnemonics, mosaics, mystics, narcotics, Nucleonics, numismatics, obstetrics, onomastics, onyx, optics, orthodontics, oryx, panics, paramedics, Pediatrics, Phenix, Phoenix, phonetics, phonics, photovoltaics, physics, plastics, prefix, prosthetics, psychics, publics, pyrotechnics, refuseniks, relics, reprographics, republics, robotics, romantics, semantics, semiotics, skeptics, sonics, specifics, sputniks, statistics, stoics, suffix, synthetics, systematics, tactics, Technics, tectonics, theatrics, therapeutics, thermoplastics, tonics, topics, toxics, tropics, workaholics. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-g-i-m-n-o-o-r-s" | |
-1 letter: ergonomic. | |
-2 letters: coreigns, cosigner, incomers, ionomers, moonrise, moorings, omicrons, orogenic, sermonic. | |
-3 letters: cognise, coignes, coiners, comings, congers, congoes, coreign, crimson, cringes, cronies, eringos, erosion, genomic, goonies, goosier, ignores, incomer, incomes, ionomer, isogone, merinos, mesonic, microns, mincers, mongers, mongoes, moonier, mooring, morgens, morions, moronic, noisome, ogreism, omicron, orceins, orgones, recoins, regions, roomies, rooming, roosing. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-g-i-m-n-o-o-r-s" | |
+1 letter: recomposing. | |
+3 letters: criminologies, overconsuming. | |
+4 letters: monoglycerides. | |
+5 letters: conglomerations, organometallics, overcompressing, pharmacognosies, recommissioning. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 72 67 6F 6E 6F 6D 69 63 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). .-. --. --- -. --- -- .. -.-. ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110010 01100111 01101111 01101110 01101111 01101101 01101001 01100011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E r g o n o m i c s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0072 0067 006F 006E 006F 006D 0069 0063 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39847381808179756985 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Abbreviations 12. Acronyms | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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