ergo-, erg-
(Greek: work)
Also see the urg- words that have been "transformed" from the basic elements of this unit.
ergophilous (noun), more ergophilous, most ergophilous
A special love or desire for working: In the summer, Susan was always in an ergophilous mood to go out into her garden and tend to all the necessary jobs to make her garden a wonderful place to be.
ergostat
ergotherapy
Treatment of disease by muscular exercise or work.
The government of a national area which is controlled by workers or those who are in the working classes: Mr. Smart asked his students if there were some federal regions that were regulated by laborers, or where the laborers determined the laws themselves.
ergotropy
George (s) (proper noun)
1. A male personal name: Tom and Jill gave their first son the name George.
The name George was introduced in England by the Crusaders (a vision of St. George played a key role in the First Crusade), but not common until after the Hanoverian succession (18th century); so, also "Georgian" (1855) in reference to the reigns of the first four king Georges (1714-1830).
St. George began to be recognized as a patron of England in the time of Edward III, perhaps because of his association with the Order of the Garter.
2. Etymology: from Latin Georgius, from Greek Georgios, "husbandman, farmer"; from ge-, "earth" + ergon, "work".
ignition energy
The amount of external energy which must be applied in order to ignite a combustible fuel mixture.
kilerg
neurergic
1. The process by which unorganized actions of individuals serve as stimuli to the actions of other individuals, and usually result in a single outcome: "Stigmergy is a mechanism of indirect coordination between agents or actions with the principle being that the trace left in the environment by an action stimulates the performance of a next action with the same or a different agent."
2. A group of individuals who collectively behave as a sole entity: "The world-wide web is considered to be human stigmergy."
2. A group of individuals who collectively behave as a sole entity: "The world-wide web is considered to be human stigmergy."
Ant trails and nest building are accomplished by using stigmergy."
synergetic
synergism
synergistic
synergogy
telergy