erg

Meanings

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.

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

1. An ergometer.

1. To use an ergometer.

1. Initialism of electron-releasing group.
2. Initialism of employee resource group.
3. Initialism of electroretinogram.

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

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Doublet of ergon and work.