Ergonomics

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  ergonomics \ergonomics\ n.
     biological science applied to study the relation between
     workers and their environments.
  
     Syn: biotechnology, bioengineering.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ergonomics
       n : the branch of engineering science in which biological
           science is used to study the relation between workers and
           their environments [syn: {biotechnology}, {bioengineering}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  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)