erg The erg is a unit of energy equal to 10−7joules (100Nano-, nJ). It is not an SI unit, instead originating from the centimetre–gram–second system of units (CGS). Its name is derived from (), a Greek language, Greek word meaning 'work' or ' ...

is a unit of energy. Erg, Ergs or ERG may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Mikey Erg Mikey Erg (real name Mike Yannich) is a punk rock drummer, guitarist, and vocalist, from New Jersey. He has played in numerous bands, most famously The Ergs!, but also Star Fucking Hipsters, The Dopamines, The Unlovables, Dirtbike Annie, Paras ...

(born 1980), American musician *

Erg (comics) Erg is a fictional mutant character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the X-Men and Morlocks. Erg appears in '' The Gifted'', portrayed by Michael Luwoye and depicted as the leader of th ...

, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe *

Erg (Hyperion) The ''Hyperion Cantos'' is a series of science fiction novels by Dan Simmons. The title was originally used for the collection of the first pair of books in the series, '' Hyperion'' and '' The Fall of Hyperion'', and later came to refer to the ...

, a creature in the Hyperion Cantos series by Dan Simmons

Organisations

* Education Reference Group, in Connecticut, US *

Erg (company) Erg S.p.A., acronym for Edoardo Raffinerie Garrone, is an Italy, Italian energy company, founded in 1938, and based in Genoa, Italy. It produces wind and solar energy and has operations in Italy, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Pol ...

, an Italian energy company * Efficiency and Reform Group (May 2010 – October 2014), former part of the Cabinet Office of the UK *

Eurasian Resources Group Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) S.à r.l. is a large mining and raw materials supplier with operations in Kazakhstan, Brazil and Central Africa. In its current form, the company began in December 2013 after it acquired the Eurasian Natural Resour ...

, a Luxembourgish mining and smelting company *

European Research Group The European Research Group (ERG) is a research support group and caucus of Eurosceptic Conservative Members of Parliament of the United Kingdom. In a ''Financial Times'' article in 2020, the journalist Sebastian Payne described the ERG as " ...

, anti-EU group of British Conservative MPs *

Videlli Videlli Limited (formerly Energy Research Group or ERG Ltd) was an Australian company that developed automated fare collection systems for transit systems. Founded in 1984 as ERG, it was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in 1985. Due ...

, an Australian smart card ticketing system manufacturer formerly known as ERG Group

Places

English Riviera Geopark The English Riviera Geopark (ERG) in Torbay is one of eight UNESCO Global Geoparks in the United Kingdom, and one of over one hundred and seventy worldwide. It is one of only two urban area, urban Geoparks in the UK, and joined the Global Geopar ...

, in Torbay, England * Erbogachen Airport (IATA code), Russia

Science and technology

Electron-releasing group Electron-rich is jargon that is used in multiple related meanings with either or both kinetic and thermodynamic implications: * with regards to electron-transfer, electron-rich species have low ionization energy and/or are reducing agents. Tetr ...

Electroretinography Electroretinography measures the electrical responses of various cell types in the retina, including the Photoreceptor cell, photoreceptors (rod cell, rods and cone cell, cones), inner retinal cells (Retinal bipolar cell, bipolar and amacrine ce ...

, or electroretinogram *

Erg (landform) An erg (also sand sea or dune sea, or sand sheet if it lacks dunes) is a broad, flat area of desert covered with wind-swept sand with little or no vegetative cover. The word is derived from the Arabic language, Arabic word ''ʿirq'' (), meaning ...

, sand dune field * ''ERG'' (gene) * ERG theory, in psychology * Exploration of Energization and Radiation in Geospace, now Arase, a Japanese scientific satellite

Other uses

Employee resource group Employee resource groups (also known as ERGs, affinity groups, business network groups, or business resource groups) are groups of employees who join in their workplace based on shared characteristics or life experiences. ERGs are generally based ...

, groups of employees who join together in their workplace * ''

Emergency Response Guidebook The ''Emergency Response Guidebook:'' ''A Guidebook for First Responders During the Initial Phase of a Dangerous Goods/Hazardous Materials Transportation Incident'' (ERG) is used by emergency response personnel (such as firefighters, paramedics an ...

'', a hazardous-materials (HAZMAT) reference book *

Erg (indoor rower) The erg is a unit of energy equal to 10−7joules (100 nJ). It is not an SI unit, instead originating from the centimetre–gram–second system of units (CGS). Its name is derived from (), a Greek word meaning 'work' or 'task'. An erg is the ...

* ''Erg'' (tug), a Canadian tug, sunk in Halifax Harbour in 1943 *

Ergative case In grammar, the ergative case (abbreviated ) is the grammatical case that identifies a nominal phrase as the agent of a transitive verb in ergative–absolutive languages. Characteristics In such languages, the ergative case is typically m ...

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