Rig

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, the radio producers' trade organisation in the United Kingdom
• radiologically inserted gastrostomy, a feeding tube inserted into the stomach using radiology
• Reykjavik International Games, a multi-sport event taking place in Reykjavík, 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 rí, 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

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

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Rig