[syn: emergency room, ER]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Er \Er\ n.
the chemical symbol for erbium, a rare earth element. It
has atomic number 68 and an atomic weight of 167.26.
Syn: erbium.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
-er \-er\
.
1. [AS. -ere; akin to L. -arius.] The termination of many
English words, denoting the agent; -- applied either to
men or things; as in hater, farmer, heater, grater. At the
end of names of places, -er signifies a man of the place;
as, Londoner, i. e., London man.
[1913 Webster]
2. [AS. -ra; akin to G. -er, Icel. -are, -re, Goth. -iza,
-?za, L. -ior, Gr. ?, Skr. -[imac]yas.] A suffix used to
form the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; as,
warmer, sooner, lat(e)er, earl(y)ier.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Er
n 1: a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group;
occurs with yttrium [syn: erbium, Er, atomic number
68]
2: a room in a hospital or clinic staffed and equipped to
provide emergency care to persons requiring immediate medical
treatment [syn: emergency room, ER]
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
ER
Enterprise Replication (IDS, Informix, DB)
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
ER
Externer Rechner (T-Online)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
er
The country code for Eritrea.
(1999-01-27)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
ER
Entity-Relationship
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's):
Er, watchman