erg

noun

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.

(rowing, slang) An ergometer.

(geomorphology) A large desert region of sand dunes with little or no vegetation, especially in the Sahara.

(business) Initialism of employee resource group.

(UK politics) Initialism of European Research Group (“Eurosceptic/pro-Brexit publicly funded political activist group subdivision of the UK Conservatives”).

(ophthalmology) Initialism of electroretinogram. [the chart or graph produced by electroretinography]

(chemistry) Initialism of electron-releasing group.

verb

(rowing, slang, transitive, intransitive) To use an ergometer.

Roots

erg-work · Greek ergon

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