Lug
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Lug or LUG may refer to:
[edit] Places
[edit] Transportation
- Lug (bicycle part), steel tubing and sockets of a bicycle
- Lugano Airport (IATA Airport Code)
- Lug sail is a four sided sail bent to a yard which is slung at about a third of its length from forward. It gives its name to the sailing craft lugger.
- Lugging, when an internal combustion engine is run at overly low RPMs for the load being applied to it, potentially damaging the engine in the process.
[edit] Handles or connectors
- Lug (knob), handles are a kind of flattened knob attached to the side of pottery
- Lug (electrical connector), a bolt on an enclosure tied to an electric potential within the enclosure, supporting the connection of a cable
- Lug, the protrusion from the case of a wristwatch to which the strap or bracelet attaches, usually by means of spring pins that bridge pairs of lugs at the upper and lower sides of a watch's case.
- Lug, part of a drum used in conjunction with tension rods and counter hoops to tension the drum head in relation to the shell.
[edit] Acronyms
[edit] Other uses
- Lug (unit) is a unit of measure for linear distance equal to a Rod or ⅟320 of a statute mile
- Lug, a container used in agriculture[1]
- Lugh, an ancient god in Irish mythology