Lug
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Lug or LUG may refer to:
Places
[edit]Bosnia and Herzegovina
[edit]- Lug (Bugojno), a village
- Lug (Derventa), a suburb in Bosanska Posavina
- Lug, Jablanica, a village
- Lug (Kiseljak), a village
- Lug, Prozor, a village
- Lug, Tomislavgrad, a village
Croatia
[edit]- Lug, Bilje, a settlement in Croatian Baranja
- Lug, Karlovac County, a village
- Lug, Lika-Senj County
Ireland
[edit]- Lug, a townland in Durrow, County Offaly, barony of Ballycowan
- Lugnaquilla, a mountain often abbreviated as Lug
Serbia
[edit]- Lug (Bajina Bašta), a village
- Lug (Beočin), a village
Elsewhere
[edit]- Lug, Germany, a municipality in Südwestpfalz district, Rhineland-Palatinate
- Ług, Łódź Voivodeship, a village in Poland
Handles or connectors
[edit]- Lug (electrical connector), a bolt on an enclosure tied to an electric potential within the enclosure, supporting the connection of a cable
- A protrusion used to carry or attach an object:
- Lug (hinge), a protuberance of a hinge, featuring a hole for the axis of the hinge
- Lug (knob), handles are a kind of flattened knob attached to the side of pottery
- Locking lug, a protrusion on a firearm's bolt head that help securing it into the receiver or barrel
- Lug, a protrusion from the case of a wristwatch to which the strap or bracelet attaches, usually by means of spring bars that bridge pairs of lugs at the upper and lower sides of a watch's case
- Bayonet lug, a metal mount for a long gun that either locks a bayonet onto the weapon or provides a base for the bayonet to rest against
- Lug, part of a drum used in conjunction with tension rods and counter hoops to tension the drum head in relation to the shell
- Lug nut, a fastener, specifically a nut, used to secure a wheel on a vehicle
Businesses
[edit]- Last Unicorn Games, a defunct game publisher
- Level Up! Games, a Philippine video game studio
Organizations
[edit]- LEGO users group, a hobbyist organization group focusing on Lego construction toys
- Linux user group, a hobbyist organization providing support for Linux users
Transportation
[edit]- Lug (bicycle part), steel tubing and sockets of a bicycle
- Lug or grouser, the portion of the tread design in a tire that contacts the road surface
- Lug sail, a four sided sail bent to a yard
- Lugano Airport, IATA Airport Code LUG, a regional airport located west of the Swiss city of Lugano
- Lugging, damage-prone mode of operation in internal combustion engines
Other uses
[edit]- Lug (unit), a unit of measure for linear distance equal to a rod or 1⁄320 of a statute mile
- Lug, or Lugus, celtic god in ancient European culture, and many place names
- Lug or Lugh, an ancient god in Irish mythology
- Law of universal gravitation, Isaac Newton's equations for gravity
- Lesbian until graduation, slang term