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ergon
  1. (physics) Work, measured in terms of the quantity of heat to which it is equivalent.
  2. (Classical philosophy) A task or function of a creature.
  3. Synonym of erg
  4. Examples:
    1. “The word is derived from the Greek word ergon, meaning work, but the term work itself acquired a technical meaning with the advent of Newtonian mechanics.”
      Ergon Inc. provides vocational support and training to psychiatric clients.”
      Ergon 24H racer Trevor Allen takes the win at the Bristol Oktoberfest race!”
erg
  1. The unit of work or energy, being the amount of work done by a dyne working through a distance of one centimeter. Equal to 10−7 joules.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Those who were ahead of us entered an erg of dunes and Gio and I took a better path.”
      “For the three days he'd trained with Richard Grau, he'd focused every erg of mental and physical energy into the forms.”
      “The linen was boiled, scrubbed, rinsed and given a final soak in Robin Blue to drag out the last erg of whiteness before starching.”
erg
  1. (geomorphology) A large desert region of sand dunes with little or no vegetation, especially in the Sahara.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Those who were ahead of us entered an erg of dunes and Gio and I took a better path.”
      “For the three days he'd trained with Richard Grau, he'd focused every erg of mental and physical energy into the forms.”
      “The linen was boiled, scrubbed, rinsed and given a final soak in Robin Blue to drag out the last erg of whiteness before starching.”
ergmeter
ergmeters
  1. plural of ergmeter
ergons
  1. plural of ergon
ergs
  1. plural of erg
  2. Examples:
    1. “The sand seas or ergs cover thousands of square kilometres, and in places the sand cover may be hundreds of metres thick.”
      “The reef is fairly small and has four tiny ergs, one with a hole right through it, in the east side of which a sea fan grows.”
      “There are no ergs, joules, electron-volts, calories, or foot-pounds of New Age energy.”
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