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Definition: Ergonomic |
ErgonomicAdjective1. Of or relating to ergonomics. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Computing | Ergonomic Concerning ergonomics or exhibitting good ergonimics. (1995-04-14). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Ergonomics (from Greek ergon work and nomoi natural laws) is the study of designing objects to be better adapted to the shape of the human body and/or to correct the user's posture. Common examples include chairs designed to prevent the user from sitting in positions that may have a detrimental effect on the spine, and the ergonomic desk which offers an adjustable keyboard tray, a main desktop of variable height and other elements which can be changed by the user.Ergonomics also governs the design of alternative computer input devices for people who want to avoid repetitive stress injury or carpal tunnel syndrome. A normal computer keyboard tends to force users to keep their hands together and hunch their shoulders. To prevent the injuries, or to give relief to people who already have symptoms, special split keyboards, curved keyboards, not-really-keyboards keyboards, and other alternative input devices exist.
See also: Aeron chair
External link
- http://www.ergonomics.org
- http://www.ergo-2000.com/
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ergonomics."
Crosswords: Ergonomic |
| Specialty definitions using "ergonomic": ERGO-Shell. (references) |
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| "Ergonomic desk" by Wendy Cain Commentary: "A new ergonomic desk on our floor, we all have them, taken with natural lighting. I have more also with flash, if you like this, just need to know if its useful. Can u feedback????." |
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Health | Many companies have developed ergonomic programs to help workers adjust their pace of work and office equipment to minimize problems. (references) | |
Business | Products with the highest sales potential are those with the right combination between advanced design and high technology; ergonomic designs that offer true comfort. (references) | |
New lines from the German power tool giant to be launched shortly include two 'Delta' sanders, a multi-sanding brush, and electric all-purpose saws incorporating a new ergonomic design with a larger handle, and a user-friendly switch and adjustable guide plate. (references) | ||
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| "Ergonomic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ergonomic" is used about 37 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 37 | 56,631 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 "ergonomic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 人体工程. (various references) | |
Danish | ergonomisk metode til forbedring (ergonomic principles for improvement). (various references) | |
Dutch | ergonomische vormgeving (ergonomic design), ergonomisch ontwerpprincipe (ergonomic design principle), corrigerende ergonomie (ergonomic principles for improvement). (various references) | |
French | ergonomie corrective (ergonomic principles for improvement), principe ergonomique de conception (ergonomic design principle), norme ergonomique (ergonomic standard), conception ergonomique (ergonomic design). (various references) | |
German | ergonomisch (ergonomical). (various references) | |
Greek | εργονομική σχεδίαση (ergonomic design), αρχή εργονομικού σχεδιασμού (ergonomic design principle). (various references) | |
Italian | ergonomia correttiva (ergonomic principles for improvement), principio ergonomico di progettazione (ergonomic design principle), costruzione ergonomica (ergonomic design). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 人間工学 (human engineering). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | にんげんこうがく (human engineering). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ergonomicay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | princípio ergonómico de concepção (ergonomic design principle), concepção ergonómica (ergonomic design). (various references) | |
Spanish | ergonómico. (various references) | |
Turkish | ergonomik, iş yapmaya uygun, hareketleri kolaylaştıran. (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ergonomic": ergonomically, ergonomics. (additional references) | |
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"Ergonomic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: egonomic, erginomic, ergonnmic, ergonomi, ergonomie, erogonimic, erronomic, Euronomia, urgonomic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ergonomic" (pronounced er'gunÄ"mik) |
| 6 | -u n Ä" m i k | autonomic, economic, macroeconomic, microeconomic, noneconomic, socioeconomic, uneconomic. |
| 5 | -n Ä" m i k | gastronomic. |
| 4 | -Ä" m i k | atomic, comic, diatomic, monatomic, subatomic, tragicomic. |
| 3 | -m i k | academic, aerodynamic, anemic, bulimic, cataclysmic, ceramic, cosmic, cytoplasmic, dynamic, electrodynamic, endemic, endothermic, epidemic, exothermic, formic, gimmick, gnomic, hemodynamic, hypodermic, hypoglycemic, hypothalamic, logarithmic, mimic, nonacademic, ophthalmic, organismic, pandemic, panoramic, patronymic, photodynamic, polemic, psychodynamic, rhythmic, samek, seismic, systemic. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-g-i-m-n-o-o-r" | |
-1 letter: orogenic. | |
-2 letters: coreign, genomic, incomer, ionomer, moonier, mooring, moronic, omicron, rooming. | |
-3 letters: cering, coigne, coiner, coming, conger, cooing, coring, cringe, eringo, gnomic, gooier, goonie, ignore, income, merino, micron, mincer, monger, mongoe, mooing, morgen, morion, orcein, orgone, recoin, region, roomie. | |
-4 letters: cogon, coign, comer, conge, congo, cooer, corgi, crime, crone, croon, enorm, genic, genom, genro. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-g-i-m-n-o-o-r" | |
+1 letter: ergonomics, overcoming. | |
+2 letters: chromogenic, coenamoring, goniometric, morphogenic, recomposing. | |
+4 letters: commemorating, conglomeratic, countermoving, criminologies, ergonomically, monoaminergic, monoglyceride, morphogenetic, numerological, overconsuming, trigonometric. | |
+5 letters: conglomerating, conglomeration, conglomerative, contemporizing, copolymerizing, electroforming, gerontomorphic, hemoglobinuric, monoglycerides, nongeometrical, organometallic, overcommitting, terminological. | |
| 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. | |
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