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human-factors engineering

[ hyoo-muhn-fak-terz en-juh-neer-ingor, often, yoo ]

noun

  1. an applied science that coordinates the design of devices, systems, and physical working conditions with the capacities and requirements of the worker; ergonomics. : HFE


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Word History and Origins

Origin of human-factors engineering1

An Americanism first recorded in 1930–35

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