human engineering
noun
1
: management of humans and their affairs especially in industry
2
: ergonomics sense 1
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The sobering consequences compounded by each of Saul's wrongdoings were inextricable of the somewhat fantastical playground of mischief where his human engineering and legal ingenuity roamed free. 
Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 16 Aug. 2022 Big projects can involve big flows of energy and matter, so plausibly someday human engineering will alter the solar system in ways that a Webb-like instrument could detect from afar. Frank Wilczek, WSJ, 30 July 2022 But for the new project, human engineering introduced some crucial innovations. Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 27 Apr. 2022 The complications are myriad – from challenges with funding and public support to questions of whether human engineering simply alters threats rather than removes them. Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Oct. 2021 Learners examine how nature's patterns in plants are mimicked by human engineering – and then collect and document the plants in their own backyards. USA TODAY, 11 June 2021 The cliffs and beach today are cluttered with remnants of human engineering. Rosanna Xia Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2020 One of the most important aspects of Johnson’s mathematical prowess is that her calculations involved real people, real objects interacting at the limits of human engineering. Sophia Chen, Wired, 28 Feb. 2020 But then the art and science of human engineering began. Tom Verducci, SI.com, 13 Aug. 2019 See More
Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 16 Aug. 2022 Big projects can involve big flows of energy and matter, so plausibly someday human engineering will alter the solar system in ways that a Webb-like instrument could detect from afar. Frank Wilczek, WSJ, 30 July 2022 But for the new project, human engineering introduced some crucial innovations. Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 27 Apr. 2022 The complications are myriad – from challenges with funding and public support to questions of whether human engineering simply alters threats rather than removes them. Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Oct. 2021 Learners examine how nature's patterns in plants are mimicked by human engineering – and then collect and document the plants in their own backyards. USA TODAY, 11 June 2021 The cliffs and beach today are cluttered with remnants of human engineering. Rosanna Xia Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2020 One of the most important aspects of Johnson’s mathematical prowess is that her calculations involved real people, real objects interacting at the limits of human engineering. Sophia Chen, Wired, 28 Feb. 2020 But then the art and science of human engineering began. Tom Verducci, SI.com, 13 Aug. 2019 See More Word History
First Known Use
1911, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Medical Definition
human engineering
noun
human en·gi·neer·ing -ˌen-jə-ˈni(ə)r-iŋ 
: ergonomics