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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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