erg
pronunciation
How to pronounce erg in British English:
UK [ɜːɡ]
How to pronounce erg in American English:
US [ ɜːrɡ]
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- Noun:
- a cgs unit of work or energy; the work done by a force of one dyne acting over a distance of one centimeter
Word Origin
- erg (n.1)
- unit of energy in the C.G.S. system, coined 1873 by the British Association for the Advancement of Science, from Greek ergon "work" (see organ).
- erg (n.2)
- "region of drifting sand dunes," 1875, from French erg (1854), from North African Arabic 'irj, from a Berber word.
Example
- 1. British petroleum became a shareholder of erg .
- 2. Eastern research group , inc. , erg .
- 3. At the end of your turn , if erg raiders didn 't attack this turn , erg raiders deals 2 damage to you unless it came under your control this turn .
- 4. Thus the total output of the sun in its life will be about 1051 erg .
- 5. Objective to discuss the effect of traditional chinese medicine plus venous oxygen therapy on electroretinogram ( erg ) and visual evoked potential ( vep ) of ischemic disease of anterior optic nerve .