Auger may refer to:
Engineering
edit- Auger bit, a drill bit
- Auger conveyor, a device for moving material by means of a rotating helical flighting
- Auger (platform), the world's first tension leg oil rig; see Big, Bigger, Biggest
- Earth auger, a drilling tool or machine used for making holes in the ground
- Wood auger, a drill for making holes in wood (or in the ground)
Science and technology
edit- Auger effect, an electron effect in physics, named for the physicist Pierre Auger. Derived terms include:
- Auger electron spectroscopy, an analytical technique using the Auger effect
- Auger therapy, an experimental radiation therapy for the treatment of cancer
- Auger shell or auger snail, a common name for shellfish of the family Terebridae
- Auger shower, or air shower, an effect of cosmic rays hitting the atmosphere. Also named for Pierre Auger.
Other uses
edit- Auger (surname)
- Auger Hill, a hill in Antarctica
See also
edit- Pierre Auger Observatory, an international cosmic ray observatory
- Augur (disambiguation)
- Agar (disambiguation)
