megalerg
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Megalerg — Meg a*lerg, n. [Megalo + erg.] (Physics) A million ergs; a megerg. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
megalerg — a CGS unit of energy equal to 106 ergs or 0.1 joule (0.073 756 foot pound). The l was added to mega erg to make the unit pronounceable … Dictionary of units of measurement
Megerg — Meg erg , n. [Mega + erg.] (Physics) One of the larger measures of work, amounting to one million ergs; called also {megalerg}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
erg — the unit of work or energy in the CGS system, equal to the work done by a force of one dyne acting through a distance of one centimeter. Equivalently, one erg is the kinetic energy of a mass of 2 grams moving at a velocity of 1 cm/sec. This is … Dictionary of units of measurement
