erg
IPA: ˈɝg
noun
- The unit of work or energy, being the amount of work done by a force of one dyne applied through a distance of one centimeter. Equal to 10⁻⁷ joules.
- (geomorphology) A large desert region of sand dunes with little or no vegetation, especially in the Sahara.
- (rowing, slang) An ergometer.
- (chemistry) Initialism of electron-releasing group.
- (business) Initialism of employee resource group.
- (ophthalmology) Initialism of electroretinogram. [the chart or graph produced by electroretinography]
- (UK politics) Initialism of European Research Group (“Eurosceptic/pro-Brexit publicly funded political activist group subdivision of the UK Conservatives”). [(UK, politics) A Eurosceptic/pro-Brexit publicly funded political activist group subdivision of the UK Conservative Party founded in 1992.]
verb
- (rowing, slang, transitive, intransitive) To use an ergometer.
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