different between kinesiology vs ergonomics

English

Etymology

From kinesi- +? -logy, with interfix -o-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??ni.zi??.l?.d??/

Noun

kinesiology (countable and uncountable, plural kinesiologies)

1. (medicine) The study of body movement.
2. (medicine) The application of such principles to the diagnosis and treatment of muscular imbalance.

Derived terms

• applied kinesiology
• kinesiologist
• psychokinesiology

Translations

See also

• kinesiatrics

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