Meaning of Erg | Babel Free

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1. A unit of work or energy, being the amount of work done by a force of one dyne applied through a distance of one centimeter. Equal to 10⁻⁷ joules.
2. A large desert region of sand dunes with little or no vegetation, especially in the Sahara.
3. An ergometer.
   slang
4. Initialism of electron-releasing group.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
5. Initialism of European Research Group (“Eurosceptic/pro-Brexit publicly funded political activist group subdivision of the UK Conservatives”).
   UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
6. Initialism of employee resource group.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
7. Initialism of electroretinogram.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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“John Major struggled endlessly with Eurosceptics he termed “bastards”, while May’s nemesis was the European Research⟳ Group, or ERG, the longstanding alliance of Brexit ultras.”

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