A Topical Dictionary: Search for Erg

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English

Pronunciation

IPA: /ɜ:g/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɜː(r)ɡ|-ɜː(r)ɡ

Etymology 1

From Greek ἔργον ‘work’.

Noun

The unit of work or energy, being the amount of work done by a dyne working through a distance of one centimeter.

Translations

Japanese: {{t|ja|エルグ|tr=erugu|sc=Jpan}}

Etymology 2

From French erg#French|erg, from Maghrebi Arabic (‘erg), corresponding to Standard Arabic (‘irq).

Noun

A large desert region of sand dunes, especially in the Sahara.

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Dutch

Adjective

serious, considerable
awful, terrible

Adverb

erg

very
: Het appartement was erg klein.
:: The apartment was very small.

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Old Norse

Noun

erg

hill-pasture

Category:Old Norse nouns

ar:erg de:erg fr:erg io:erg id:erg ku:erg nl:erg ru:erg ta:erg vi:erg zh:erg

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Erg \Erg\, n. [Gr. ? work.] (Physics)
The unit of work or energy in the C. G. S. system, being the
amount of work done by a dyne working through a distance of
one centimeter; the amount of energy expended in moving a
body one centimeter against a force of one dyne (981 dynes
exert the same force as a one gram mass in the earth's
gravitational field). One foot pound is equal to 13,560,000
ergs. The absolute Joule is equivalent to 10^7 ergs, which
are equivalent to 0.2389 gram-calories at 15[deg] C. See also
mechanical equivalent of heat under equivalent.
[1913 Webster +PJC]

WordNet erg
n : a cgs unit of work or energy; the work done by a force of
one dyne acting over a distance of one centimeter