Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Erg"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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. One foot
pound is equal to 13,560,000 ergs.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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
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