Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

man-machine

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.85 in modern English

Syllables: man--ma-chine
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a system: including both human and machine and/or their interface.

Example Sentences

"The man-machine system is a combination of people and equipment interacting to produce a desired result from given inputs."

Questions

What does man-machine mean?: Of a system: including both human and machine and/or their interface.

How to pronounce man-machine

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