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    [Noun]  | "human engineering" 


    1: management of humans and their affairs especially in industry

    2: ergonomics


    Origin: 1911 ;

    [Noun]  | "er*go*nom*ics" | \ ˌər-gə-ˈnä-miks \


    1: an applied science concerned with designing and arranging things people use so that the people and things interact most efficiently and safely —called also biotechnology, human engineering, human factors

    2: the design characteristics of an object resulting especially from the application of the science of ergonomics


    Origin: 1949 ;

     Erg- + -nomics (as in economics);

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     [ "human engineering problem" ]

    1: a case where the real challenge is to modify or control human behavior rather than design a technological solution. Sometimes used sarcastically (by techies) to imply that a problem is not due to technological deficiencies, but to the fact that humans are so poorly designed.

      * e.g.,  ... We know how to produce enough food to feed the world. Eliminating hunger is primarily a human engineering problem. 

     [ "human search engine" ]

    1: Reference librarian.

      * e.g.,  ... I googled that question our prof assigned us but didn't get any usable info, so I txted a human search engine and got the answer within a couple minutes. 

     [ "human factors engineering" ]

    1: i) the process and effects of intentionally playing on a persons attributes to achieve a goal, either directly or indirectly.

      * e.g.,  ... I didnt want Amy going out with Mark, but i knew she was planning to go out with him on friday, so i relied on Jenny's gossip mouth by telling her best friend Cathy that Mark had VD. She told everyone else and Amy went out with me instead. Ingenious human factors engineering 

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