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erg (ûrg), unit of work work, in physics and mechanics, transfer of energy by a force acting to displace a body. Work is equal to the product of the force and the distance through which it produces movement.
..... Click the link for more information. or energy energy, in physics, the ability or capacity to do work or to produce change. Forms of energy include heat , light , sound , electricity , and chemical energy.
..... Click the link for more information. in the cgs system cgs system, system of units of measurement based on the metric system and having the centimeter of length, the gram of mass, and the second of time as its fundamental units. Other cgs units are the dyne of force and the erg of work or energy.
..... Click the link for more information. of units, which is based on the metric system metric system, system of weights and measures planned in France and adopted there in 1799; it has since been adopted by most of the technologically developed countries of the world.
..... Click the link for more information. ; it is the work done or energy expended by a force of 1 dyne acting through a distance of 1 centimeter. In terms of the joule joule (j

l, joul), abbr.
..... Click the link for more information. , the unit of work or energy in the mks system, 1 erg equals 0.0000001 joule.

A unit of energy in the CGS system. It is equal to .0000001 joule in the MKS system. See CGS system.

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