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Rig

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Rig may refer to:

Objects and structures

  • Rig (fishing), an arrangement of items used for fishing
  • Drilling rig, a structure housing equipment used to drill or extract oil from underground
  • Rig (stage lighting)
  • rig, a horse-drawn carriage together with the horses and harness
  • rig, something that a dog pulls when mushing
  • rig, the configuration of sails and other rigging on a sailing vessel
  • rig, a parachute system in skydiving
  • rig, a transmitter, receiver, or transceiver in amateur radio

Acronym

  • RIG, the ticker symbol for Transocean, a Swiss offshore drilling company
  • Radio Independents Group, a UK trade organisation
  • Reykjavik International Games, a sport event taking place in Iceland

Places

  • Rig, an alternate name for Bandar Rig, a city in Bushehr Province, Iran
  • Rig District, a district in Bushehr Province, Iran
  • Rig Rural District, a rural district in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran
  • Rig, Gilan, a village in Gilan Province, Iran
  • Rig, Jask, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran
  • Rig, Lirdaf, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran
  • Rig, an alternate name for Rig-e Bala, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran
  • Rig, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in the US
  • Rio Grande Airport IATA code

Other uses

  • rig (mathematics), a structure similar to rings without the requirement that elements should have additive inverses
  • ríg or , Irish language word for "king"
  • rig or run rig, a traditional system of land occupation in Scotland
  • Ridgling, or rig, a male animal with one or both testicles undescended
  • rig, to engage in cheating during a game, election, etc.
  • Ríg (Norse god) or Heimdall, the father of mankind in Norse mythology
  • rigging or skeletal animation, grouping the elements of parts such as limbs in an animated 3D computer model
  • Rig (Dead or Alive), a fictional character
  • Spotted estuary smooth-hound, a fish
  • Gaming rig, a personal computer designed for video games
  • Rig castle, in Kashmar County, Iran

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with Rig
  • All pages with titles containing rig
  • Big Rig (disambiguation)
  • Rigg (disambiguation)
  • Rigger (disambiguation)
  • Rigging (disambiguation)
  • Riggs, a surname
  • Rigveda, in Hinduism, a sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns dedicated to the gods
  • Rigged (book), a 2007 book by author Ben Mezrich
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