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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Examples of "erg" in Sentences
- Erg is tied to one of the crosses.
- The possessor is in the ergative case.
- Of course you're right it was dyne not erg.
- It is the ergative and genitive form of sino.
- This road skirts the western edge of the erg.
- The ERG has engaged in kidnapping in the past.
- The design philosophy of the ERG and GG differ.
- These conditions lie adjacent to the grand erg.
- A dyne is a unit of Force, an erg a unit of work or energy.
- See http //www.delph in.net/erg/for background information on the ERG.
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