ERGONOMICS

biotechnology, bioengineering, ergonomics

(noun) the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

ergonomics (uncountable)

The science of the design of equipment, especially so as to reduce operator fatigue, discomfort and injury. [from c. 1950.]

(economics, rare) Political economy.

Synonyms

• human factors (chiefly US)

Anagrams

• microgeons

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




Word of the Day

2 July 2025

RESTITUTION

(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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