ER

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ER or Er may refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

Businesses and organizations

Language

  • Er (Cyrillic) (Р р), a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet
  • Er (cuneiform), a sign in cuneiform writing
  • "er", a filler word in English
  • Suffix -er in English:
    • added to adjectives or adverbs to form a comparative (e.g., fast to faster)
    • added to a noun to indicate resident of, as in New Yorker
    • added to a verb to make it an agent noun (e.g., cut to cutter)
    • Oxford "-er", used to form words like rugger and footer
  • R-colored vowel, usually written as "er" in English
  • Erhua, adds er sound to syllables in spoken Mandarin Chinese

People

Science and technology

Biology and medicine

Chemistry and physics

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  • Electrorheological fluid, suspensions of non-conducting but electrically active particles
  • Enantiomeric ratio, in chemistry
  • Erbium, symbol Er, a chemical element
  • Einstein-Rosen bridge, or ER bridge, relativistic wormholes

Computing

Engineering

  • Engine room, a compartment of a ship where the machinery for marine propulsion is located.

Other uses

See also