Lug


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Lug or LUG may refer to:

Places

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Lug (Bugojno), a village
  • Lug (Derventa), a suburb in Bosanska Posavina
  • Lug (Kiseljak), a village
  • Lug (Tomislavgrad), a village

Croatia

  • Lug, Bilje, a settlement in Croatian Baranja
  • Lug, Karlovac County, a village
  • Lug, Lika-Senj County

Ireland

  • Lug, a townland in Durrow, County Offaly, barony of Ballycowan
  • Lugnaquilla, a mountain often abbreviated as Lug

Serbia

  • Lug (Bajina Bašta), a village
  • Lug (Beočin), a village

Other countries

  • Lug, Germany, a municipality in Südwestpfalz district, Rhineland-Palatinate
  • Ług, Łódź Voivodeship, a village in Poland

Handles or connectors

  • Lug (electrical connector), a bolt on an enclosure tied to an electric potential within the enclosure, supporting the connection of a cable
  • 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, part of a drum used in conjunction with tension rods and counter hoops to tension the drum head in relation to the shell
  • Lug, the 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 nut, a fastener, specifically a nut, used to secure a wheel on a vehicle

Brands and enterprises

  • Last Unicorn Games (or LUG), games publisher later absorbed by Wizards of the Coast
  • Level Up! Games (or LUG), the leading portal and brand name for locally published online games in the Philippines
  • Lug, a brand of luggage

Organizations

  • LEGO Users Group (or LUG), a group of people who meet to discuss and participate in the LEGO hobby
  • Linux User Group (or LUG), private organization providing support for Linux users

Transportation

  • 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

  • Lug (unit), a unit of measure for linear distance equal to a rod or ​1&fras1;320 of a statute mile
  • Lug or Lugh, an ancient god in Irish mythology
  • Law of Universal Gravitation (or LUG), Isaac Newton's equations for gravity
  • Lesbian until graduation (or LUG), slang term


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