erg

plural ergs

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.

plural ergs · plural areg

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

plural ergs

1. slanghobbiesAn ergometer.

present singular third person ergs · participle present erging · participle past erged · past erged

1. intransitiveslangtransitivehobbiesTo use an ergometer.

   I erg every morning.

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   She erged a steady state piece.

   What I mean to sy is, the exercise is helping. Although I'm not sure how you erg properly at this stage, Pulling into the sternum would be problematic.

   2022, Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry, page 187

plural ERGs

1. abbreviationinitialismchemistryInitialism of electron-releasing group.
2. abbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of employee resource group.
3. abbreviationinitialismmedicineInitialism of electroretinogram.

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

   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.

   2022 January 8, Peter Walker, “ERG out, CRG in: the Tory factions Boris Johnson is struggling to appease”, in The Guardian, →ISSN