: a centimeter-gram-second unit of work equal to the work done by a force of one dyne acting through a distance of one centimeter and equivalent to 10−7 joule
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Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
According to this calculator, the same 154-pound person will burn 733 calories in an hour doing vigorous rowing on an erg machine.
—Greg Presto, Men's Health, 26 July 2023
Such packages are sold on the public’s faulty intuition that an erg of green energy consumed is an erg of fossil energy that stays in the ground.
—Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 29 July 2022
The density of dark energy has been measured to be about 100-millionth of an erg per cubic centimeter.
—Alan Lightman, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2021
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Barry’s student-athletes played games with the SEED students in the Health & Sports Center, ranging from tug-of-war, obstacle courses, racing events, basketball drills and skills competitions, using the erg to simulate rowing training and educational guessing games.
—Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
According to this calculator, the same 154-pound person will burn 733 calories in an hour doing vigorous rowing on an erg machine.
—Greg Presto, Men's Health, 26 July 2023
Such packages are sold on the public’s faulty intuition that an erg of green energy consumed is an erg of fossil energy that stays in the ground.
—Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 29 July 2022
The density of dark energy has been measured to be about 100-millionth of an erg per cubic centimeter.
—Alan Lightman, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2021
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“Erg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/erg. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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erg
noun
: a centimeter-gram-second unit of work equal to the work done by a force of one dyne acting through a distance of one centimeter and equal to one ten-millionth joule
Medical Definition
erg
1 of 2 noun
: a cgs unit of work equal to the work done by a force of one dyne acting through a distance of one centimeter and equivalent to 10−7 joule
ERG
2 of 2 abbreviation
electroretinogram
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