human engineering

noun

1
: management of humans and their affairs especially in industry
2
: ergonomics sense 1

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Beijing aims to transform the region into a high-altitude green energy powerhouse, with projects that include a $168 billion megadam, currently under construction, that could stretch the limits of what human engineering has achieved. — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026 Mochen is careful to frame Vector as an accelerant rather than a substitute for human engineering. — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Rather than measuring activity like tokens consumed or lines of code, Wu said, Cognition estimates the number of human engineering hours its agent actually saves and backs that estimate with a refund. — Jasmine Wu,deirdre Bosa, CNBC, 5 June 2026 What draws visitors to Roswell Mill Waterfall is not the human engineering, but the sound and spray of the water and the reflection of leaves on the creek. — Jonah McDonald, AJC.com, 6 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for human engineering

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First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of human engineering was in 1911

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human engineering

noun
human en·​gi·​neer·​ing -ˌen-jə-ˈni(ə)r-iŋ How to pronounce human engineering (audio)
: ergonomics

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