What does "erg" mean?

A 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.

What is a synonym for "erg"?

Common synonyms include: calorie, dyne, edg, edg, kilowatt hour, photon.

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Noun

1
A 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.
2
A large desert region of sand dunes with little or no vegetation, especially in the Sahara.
3
An ergometer. slang
4
Initialism of electron-releasing group. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
5
a cgs unit of work or energy; the work done by a force of one dyne acting over a distance of one centimeter wordnet

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Verb

Proper Noun

1
Initialism of European Research Group (“Eurosceptic/pro-Brexit publicly funded political activist group subdivision of the UK Conservatives”). UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"John Major struggled endlessly with Eurosceptics he termed “bastards”, while May’s nemesis was the European Research Group, or ERG, the longstanding alliance of Brexit ultras."