Rig or RIG may refer to:

Objects and structures

Rig (fishing) A rig is an arrangement of items used for fishing. It can be assembled of one or more Fishing line, lines, Fish hook, hooks, Fishing sinker, sinkers, Fishing float, bobbers, Fishing swivel, swivels, Fishing lure, lures, beads, and other fishing ...

, an arrangement of items used for fishing *

Drilling rig A drilling rig is an integrated system that Drilling, drills wells, such as oil or water wells, or holes for piling and other construction purposes, into the earth's subsurface. Drilling rigs can be massive structures housing equipment used to ...

, a structure housing equipment used to drill or extract oil from underground *

Rig (stage lighting) Stage lighting is the craft of lighting as it applies to the production of theater, dance, opera, and other performance arts.

* rig, a

horse-drawn carriage A carriage is a two- or four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle for passengers. In Europe they were a common mode of transport for the wealthy during the Roman Empire, and then again from around 1600 until they were replaced by the motor car around 1 ...

together with the horses and harness * rig, something that a dog pulls when

mushing Mushing is a sport or transport method powered by dogs. It includes carting, pulka, dog scootering, sled dog racing, skijoring, freighting, and weight pulling. More specifically, it implies the use of one or more dogs to pull a sled, most com ...

Rig (sailing) A sailing vessel's rig is its arrangement of Mast (sailing), masts, sails and rigging. Examples include a schooner rig, cutter rig, junk rig, etc. A rig may be broadly categorized as Fore-and-aft rig, "fore-and-aft", Square rig, "square", or a co ...

, the configuration of sails and masts on a sailing vessel * rig, a parachute system in

skydiving Parachuting and skydiving are methods of descending from a high point in an atmosphere to the ground or ocean surface with the aid of gravity, involving the control of speed during the descent using a parachute or multiple parachutes. For hu ...

* rig, a transmitter, receiver, or transceiver in

amateur radio Amateur radio, also known as ham radio, is the use of the radio frequency radio spectrum, spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation, radiosport, contesting, and emer ...

Oil rig An oil rig is any kind of apparatus constructed for oil drilling. Kinds of oil rig include: * Drilling rig A drilling rig is an integrated system that Drilling, drills wells, such as oil or water wells, or holes for piling and other construc ...

* rig, a

tractor unit A tractor unit, also known as a truck unit, lorry unit, power unit, prime mover, ten-wheeler, semi-tractor, semi-truck, semi-lorry, tractor cab, truck cab, lorry cab, big rig tractor, big rig truck or big rig lorry or simply a tractor, truck, ...

* rig, a

desktop computer A desktop computer, often abbreviated as desktop, is a personal computer designed for regular use at a stationary location on or near a desk (as opposed to a portable computer) due to its size and power requirements. The most common configuratio ...

Acronym

* RIG, the ticker symbol for

Transocean Transocean Ltd. is an American drilling company. It is the world's largest offshore drilling contractor based on revenue and is based in Steinhausen, Switzerland. The company has offices in 20 countries, including Canada, the United States, ...

, a Swiss offshore drilling company * Radio Independents Group, a UK trade organisation * Reykjavik International Games, a sport event taking place in Iceland * '' Recueil des inscriptions gauloises'', a collection of Gaulish language inscriptions

Places

* Rig, an alternate name for Bandar Rig, a city in Bushehr Province, Iran *

Rig District Rig District () is in Ganaveh County, Bushehr province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to ...

, a district in Bushehr Province, Iran *

Rig Rural District Rig Rural District () is in the Central District of Lordegan County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders I ...

, 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 castle, in Kashmar County, Iran * Rig, an alternate name for

Rig-e Bala Rig-e Bala (, also Romanized as Rīg-e Bālā; also known as Rīg, Rek, and Kalāteh-ye Rīg) is a village in Qaleh Zari Rural District, Jolgeh-e Mazhan District, Khusf County, South Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic ...

, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran *

Rig, West Virginia Rig is an unincorporated community in Hardy County, West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The Unite ...

, an unincorporated community in the US *

Pearland Stadium Pearland Stadium (nicknamed The Rig when Pearland is home and The Nest when Dawson is home) is an American multi-use stadium in Pearland, Texas (near Houston). The 12,000-capacity stadium is on the campus of Pearland High School and serves a ...

, or The Rig, a stadium in Texas, United States *

Rio Grande Airport Rio Grande Regional Airport , formerly SBRG, also known as Gustavo Cramer Airport is the airport serving Rio Grande, Brazil. It is operated by DAP. Airlines and destinations No scheduled flights operate at this airport. Access The airport i ...

, IATA code: RIG, an airport in Brazil

Other uses

rig (mathematics) In abstract algebra, a semiring is an algebraic structure. Semirings are a generalization of rings, dropping the requirement that each element must have an additive inverse. At the same time, semirings are a generalization of bounded distributi ...

or semiring, a structure similar to rings without the requirement that elements should have additive inverses * ríg or

rí Rí, or commonly ríg (genitive), is an ancient Gaelic word meaning 'king'. It is used in historical texts referring to the Irish and Scottish kings, and those of similar rank. While the Modern Irish word is exactly the same, in modern Scottis ...

, Irish language word for "king" * rig or

run rig Run rig, or runrig, also known as rig-a-rendal, was a system of land tenure practised in Scotland, particularly in the Scottish Highlands, Highlands and List of islands of Scotland, Islands. It was used on open-field system, open fields for arab ...

, a traditional system of land occupation in Scotland *

Ridgling A ridgling (also spelled ridgeling), or rig, is a cryptorchid; a male animal with one or both testicles undescended, usually describing a ram, bull, or male horse, but cryptorchidism also can be an issue in dogs and cats. Because the heat inside ...

, or rig, a male animal with one or both testicles undescended * rig, to engage in

cheating Cheating generally describes various actions designed to subvert or disobey rules in order to obtain unfair advantages without being noticed. This includes acts of bribery, cronyism and nepotism in any situation where individuals are given pr ...

during a game, election, etc. *

Ríg (Norse god) Rig or 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-draw ...

or Heimdall, the father of mankind in Norse mythology * rigging or

skeletal animation Skeletal animation or rigging is a technique in computer animation in which a character (or other articulated object) is represented in two parts: a polygonal or parametric mesh representation of the surface of the object, and a hierarchical set ...

, grouping the elements of parts such as limbs in an animated 3D computer model * Rig (''Dead or Alive''), a fictional character from ''Dead or Alive'' video game series * Spotted estuary smooth-hound (''Mustelus lenticulatus''), a fish * ''The Rig'' (TV series), an upcoming series for Amazon Prime Video * Gaming rig, a personal computer designed for video games * '' RIGS: Mechanized Combat League'', a video game

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