English Dictionary

ergonomics

IPA（発音記号）

/əːɡəˈnɒmɪks/

名詞

不可算名詞 稀用

The science of the design of equipment, especially so as to reduce operator fatigue, discomfort and injury. / (economics, rare) Political economy.

日本語の意味

人間工学 - 人間と機器や作業環境の相互作用を研究し、作業者の疲労、違和感、怪我を減らすための設計を行う学問分野 / 政治経済学 - 政治と経済の関連性を研究する分野（経済学における希少な用法）

Our company's product team invested in ergonomics to reduce customer complaints about wrist pain during prolonged use.

当社の製品チームは、長時間の使用による手首の痛みに関する顧客からの苦情を減らすために、機器の疲労、違和感、負傷を減らす設計の科学（人間工学）に投資した。

意味（1）

The science of the design of equipment, especially so as to reduce operator fatigue, discomfort and injury.

Ergonomics is increasingly important in office-product design.

意味（2）

(economics, rare) Political economy.

As the titlepage of this latter portion of his work indicates, M. Courcelle Seneuil confines himself to political economy considered as a practical science, or, as he chooses to call it, to ergonomics.