(definition) by Webster 1913 Sun Jan 08 2006 at 17:57:54

Er"gon (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; work.] (Physics)

(a)

Work, measured in terms of the quantity of heat to which it is equivalent.

(b)

= Erg.

 

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