Lug
Encyclopedia
Places
- Lug (Tomislavgrad)Lug (Tomislavgrad)Lug is a village in the proximity of Tomislavgrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina.The majority of its inhabitants are Croats.- Geography :...
, a Croatian village in Herzegovina - Lug, BiljeLug, BiljeLug is a settlement in the region of Baranja, Croatia. Administratively, it is located in the Bilje municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County. Population is 852 people....
, a settlement in Croatian Baranja - Lug, GermanyLug, GermanyLug is a municipality in Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany....
, a municipality in Germany - Ług, Łódź Voivodeship, a village in Poland
- Lug (Beočin)Lug (Beocin)Lug is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Beočin municipality, in the Vojvodina province. Although, the village is geographically located in Syrmia, it is part of the South Bačka District...
, a village in Serbia
Transportation
- Lug (bicycle part), steel tubing and sockets of a bicycle
- Lugano AirportLugano AirportLugano Airport is a regional airport located west of Lugano, Switzerland. It lies closer to the nearby village of Agno than to Lugano itself, and so is usually known as Lugano-Agno....
(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 luggerLuggerA lugger is a class of boats, widely used as traditional fishing boats, particularly off the coasts of France, Scotland and England. It is a small sailing vessel with lugsails set on two or more masts and perhaps lug topsails.-Defining the rig:...
. - Lugging, when an internal combustion engineInternal combustion engineThe internal combustion engine is an engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer in a combustion chamber. In an internal combustion engine, the expansion of the high-temperature and high -pressure gases produced by combustion apply direct force to some component of the engine...
is run at overly low RPMs for the load being applied to it, potentially damaging the engine in the process.
Handles or connectors
- Lug (knob)Lug (knob)A Lug is a typically flattened protuberance, a knob, or extrusion on the side of a vessel: pottery, jug, glass, vase, etc. They are sometimes found on prehistoric ceramics/stone-vessels such as pots from Ancient Egypt, Hembury ware, claw beakers, and boar spears.A lug may also only be shaped as a...
, 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 drumDrumThe drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
used in conjunction with tension rods and counter hoops to tension the drum head in relation to the shell.
Acronyms
- Last Unicorn GamesLast Unicorn GamesLast Unicorn Games was a games publisher that was eventually absorbed by Wizards of the Coast.Last Unicorn developed the collectible card games Dune and Heresy: Kingdom Come as well as the 2000 role-playing game Dune: Chronicles of the Imperium...
, games publisher later absorbed by Wizards of the Coast - Level Up! Games Or Level Up! Games company
- Lesbian until graduationLesbian until graduationThe LGBT slang terms lesbian until graduation , gay until graduation , and bisexual until graduation are used to describe women primarily of high-school or college age who are assumed to be experimenting with or adopting a temporary lesbian or bisexual identity...
, slang term - Linux User GroupLinux User GroupA Linux User Group or Linux Users' Group or GNU/Linux User Group is a private, generally non-profit or not-for-profit organization that provides support and/or education for Linux users, particularly for inexperienced users...
, private organization providing support for Linux users - Law of Universal Gravitation, Isaac Newton's equations for gravity
- Læger Uden Grænser, Danish brand of Doctors without borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
Other uses
- Lug (unit) is a unit of measure for linear distance equal to a Rod or of a statute mile
- Lug, a containerContainerContainer may refer to:* Items used to contain, store, and transport products, such as:** Carton** Bottle** Can , several meanings* Shipping containers include** Crate** Wooden box...
used in agriculturehttp://www.todaymarket.com/tmp_refe.htm#Container - LughLughLug or Lugh is an Irish deity represented in mythological texts as a hero and High King of the distant past. He is known by the epithets Lámhfhada , for his skill with a spear or sling, Ildánach , Samhildánach , Lonnbeimnech and Macnia , and by the...
, an ancient god in Irish mythology