Auger may refer to:
Engineering
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Wood auger, a drill for making holes in wood (or in the ground)
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Auger bit, a drill bit
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Auger conveyor, a device for moving material by means of a rotating helical flighting
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Auger (platform)
Auger may refer to:
Engineering
* Wood auger, a drill for making holes in wood (or in the ground)
** Auger bit, a drill bit
* Auger conveyor, a device for moving material by means of a rotating helical flighting
* Auger (platform), the world ...
, the world's first tension leg oil rig; see ''
Big, Bigger, Biggest
''Big, Bigger, Biggest'' is a British documentary television series which began airing in 2008. A total of 20 episodes have been produced across three series.
Format
Each episode explores the engineering breakthroughs that have made it possib ...
''
Science and technology
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Auger effect
The Auger effect or Auger−Meitner effect is a physical phenomenon in which the filling of an inner-shell vacancy of an atom is accompanied by the emission of an electron from the same atom. When a core electron is removed, leaving a vacancy, an ...
, an electron effect in physics
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Auger electron spectroscopy
A Hanford scientist uses an Auger electron spectrometer to determine the elemental composition of surfaces.
Auger electron spectroscopy (AES; pronounced in French) is a common analytical technique used specifically in the study of surfaces and, ...
, an analytical technique using the Auger effect
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Auger shell
Auger may refer to:
Engineering
* Wood auger, a drill for making holes in wood (or in the ground)
** Auger bit, a drill bit
* Auger conveyor, a device for moving material by means of a rotating helical flighting
* Auger (platform), the world ...
or auger snail, a common name for shellfish of the family Terebridae
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Auger therapy
Auger therapy is a form of radiation therapy for the treatment of cancer which relies on low-energy electrons (emitted by the Auger effect) to damage cancer cells, rather than the high-energy radiation used in traditional radiation therapy. Simil ...
, an experimental radiation therapy for the treatment of cancer
Other uses
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Auger (surname) Auger is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alfred Auger (1889–1917), French-Algerian World War I flying ace
* Anne Auger, French computer scientist
* Arleen Auger (1939–1993), American soprano
* Athanase Auger (17 ...
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Auger Hill Auger Hill () is a hill in Antarctica. Its peak rises to between Handley Hill and Coral Hill in the Keble Hills of the Scott Coast. It was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 1994. As shallow soil deposits occur on the summit, an auger ...
, a hill in Antarctica
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Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Observatory is an international cosmic ray observatory in Argentina designed to detect ultra-high-energy cosmic rays: sub-atomic particles traveling nearly at the speed of light and each with energies beyond 1018 eV. In Ear ...
, an international cosmic ray observatory
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Augur (disambiguation)
An augur is a public official in ancient Rome.
Augur may also refer to:
People
* Christopher C. Augur (1821–1898), American Civil War officer
* Helen Augur (died 1969), American journalist
* Hezekiah Augur (1791–1858), American sculptor ...
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Agar (disambiguation)
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