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A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | Copyright

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1. A ‘sand sea’ in a hot desert. It is a feature of the Sahara, where sand is typically accumulated in wide shallow basins as alluvial and lacustrine deposits derived from adjacent rocky desert during the Cenozoic. It is often very large: the Grand Erg Oriental covers 196 000 km² in Algeria and Tunisia.

2. The unit of energy or work in the c.g.s. system; 1 erg = 10⁻⁷ J.

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A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

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1. Sand sea in a hot desert. It is a feature of the Sahara, where sand typically is accumulated in wide shallow basins as alluvial and lacustrine deposits derived from adjacent rocky desert during the Cenozoic. It is often very large: the Grand Erg Oriental covers 196000 km² in Algeria and Tunisia.

2. Unit of energy of work in the c.g.s.system. 1 erg = 10⁻⁷ J.

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

erg / ərg/ • n. Physics a unit of work or energy, equal to the work done by a force of one dyne when its point of application moves one centimeter in the direction of action of the force. erg² / erg/ • n. an area of shifting sand dunes in the Sahara.

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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

erg , unit of work or energy in the cgs system of units, which is based on the metric system ; it is the work done or energy expended by a force of 1 dyne acting through a distance of 1 centimeter. In terms of the joule , the unit of work or energy in the mks system, 1 erg equals 0.0000001 joule.

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A Dictionary of Nursing | 2008 | Copyright

erg- (ergo-) combining form denoting work or activity.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

erg unit of work. XIX. — Gr. érgon WORK.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

erg •Berg, burg, erg, exergue •Hamburg • Battenberg • Strasberg •Habsburg • Salzburg • Strasbourg •Pressburg • Spielberg • Tilburg •Lindbergh, Strindberg •Wittenberg • Vicksburg • Pittsburgh •Ginsberg • Johannesburg •Königsberg • Gettysburg • Freiburg •Heidelberg • Heisenberg • iceberg •Bromberg, homburg, Romberg •Gothenburg • Warburg • Jo'burg •Gutenberg • Duisburg • Magdeburg •Brandenburg • Hindenburg •Mecklenburg • Wallenberg •Orenburg • Nuremberg •Luxembourg • St Petersburg •Williamsburg • Schoenberg •Würzburg • Esbjerg

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ERG

ERG electrical resistance gauge
• Med. electroretinogram

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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "ERG." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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