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    [Noun]  | "human factors" 


    1: ergonomics


    Origin: 1946 ;

    [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 factors" ]

    1: The study of human interaction with technology/machines. Synonym to ergonomics.

      * e.g.,  ... The guy who designed my fucked up office chair really could have used a course in human factors engineering! 

     [ "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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