Definition of "ergs" [ergs]

• Plural form of erg. (noun)

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• "If I ask a physicist 'How much energy can fission of uranium generate' he can tell me the answer, without much difficulty, in ergs/mass of uranium/unit time."
• "It's chock full of everything they need: ergometers colloquially called ergs, these devices simulate rowing and measure the work done, weight machines, change rooms, showers, offices, a kitchen and a physiotherapist."
• "A putt drops unexpectedly here (Miguel Angel Jim é nez holes a downhill birdie bomb on the 16th hole) and another fails to drop there (Bubba Watson's birdie putt at the eighteenth lacks only a few ergs of energy) and suddenly everything is different."