erg

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  1. noun The centimeter-gram-second unit of energy or work equal to the work done by a force of one dyne acting over a distance of one centimeter.

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  • The erg, unlike most exercise machines, measured how hard one worked, precisely the reason Tess loathed it. —  Lippman, Laura - [Tess Monaghan 01] - Baltimore Blues
  • Now an erg is a small unit of energy, but what we are talking about is more than a hundred thousand billion billion billion billion billion ergs. —  Analog October 1971
  • Director of Fitness at the Naval Special Warfare Center, Mike Caviston click images for full-size versionThe heart of January is the heart of winter erg training, and what better way honor the erg than with an interview with Mike Cavistion.
  • Actually, the C2 erg is pretty popular with SEALs, and God knows most of them could use a little coaching.
  • "Work" is the Greek word erg, with which Paul urges us to make an event of our faith.
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  1. From Greek ergon, work; see werg- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Greek ἐργον = English work, q. v. Cf. energy.
 

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