different between economics vs ergonomics

English

Alternative forms

• œconomics (archaic)

Etymology

From economy, from Latin oeconomia, from Ancient Greek ????????? (oikonomía, “management of a household, administration”), from ????? (oîkos, “house”) + ????? (nómos, “management”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /?ik??n?m?ks/, /??k??n?m?ks/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?i?k??n?m?ks/, /??k??n?m?ks/

Noun

economics (uncountable)

1. (social sciences) The study of resource allocation, distribution and consumption; of capital and investment; and of management of the factors of production.

   Synonyms: dismal science; see also Thesaurus:economics

Derived terms

• -nomics

Related terms

• economy

Translations

Anagrams

• neocosmic

Ladin

Adjective

economics

1. masculine plural of economich

Occitan

Adjective

economics

1. masculine plural of economic

English

Etymology

ergo- (prefix indicating work) +? -nomics (suffix indicating the rules of a discipline), probably modelled after Polish ergonomia (“ergonomics”) (used by Polish scientist Wojciech Jastrz?bowski (1799–1882) in an 1857 article), from Ancient Greek ????? (érgon, “work”) + ????? (nómos, “custom; law, ordinance”). The English word is widely regarded as having been introduced by British psychologist K. F. Hywel Murrell at a meeting at the Admiralty in London in July 1949, which led to the establishment of the Ergonomics Research Society (now The Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors) on 17 September 1949.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?????n?m?ks/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?????n?m?ks/
• Hyphenation: er?go?no?mics

Noun

ergonomics (uncountable)

1. The science of the design of equipment, especially so as to reduce operator fatigue, discomfort and injury. [from c. 1950.]
2. (economics, rare) Political economy.

Synonyms

• human factors (chiefly US)

Derived terms

• ergonomic, ergonomical
• ergonomically
• ergonomist

Translations

References

Further reading

• human factors and ergonomics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• microgeons