Rubbing is moving an object in contact with another object.
Rub, RUB, rubs or rubbing may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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''Rub'' (album), by Peaches, 2015
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Rubbing (art)
A rubbing ('' frottage'') is a reproduction of the texture of a surface created by placing a piece of paper or similar material over the subject and then rubbing the paper with something to deposit marks, most commonly charcoal or pencil but al ...
, a method of recording and reproducing the texture of a surface
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The Rub, an English rock band
* "Rubbin'", a song by Choclair from the 1999 album ''
Ice Cold''
Organisations
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Ruhr University Bochum
The Ruhr University Bochum (, ) is a public research university located in the southern hills of the central Ruhr area, Bochum, Germany. It was founded in 1962 as the first new public university in Germany after World War II. Instruction began ...
, in Germany
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Royal University of Bhutan
The Royal University of Bhutan (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་འཛིན་གཙུག་ལག་སློབ་སྡེ་; Wylie:'' 'brug rgyal-'dzin gtsug-lag-slob-sde''), founded on June 2, 2003, by a royal decree, is the n ...
People
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Christian Rub
Christian Rub (pronounced ''Rhoob''; April 13, 1886 – April 14, 1956) was an Austrian-born American character actor. He was known for his work in films of the late 1910s to the early 1950s, and was featured in more than 100 films.
Biography
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(1886–1956), Austrian-born American character actor
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Kurt Rub (born 1946), Swiss racing cyclist
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Timothy Rub (born 1952), American museum director and art historian
Other uses
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Abrasion (mechanical)
Abrasion is the process of scuffing, scratching, wearing down, marring, or rubbing away. It can be intentionally imposed in a controlled process using an abrasive. Abrasion can be an undesirable effect of exposure to normal use or exposure to t ...
, or rubbing away
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Spice rub
Spice rub is any mixture of ground spices that is made to be rubbed on raw food before the food is cooked. The spice rub forms a coating on the food. The food can be marinated in the spice rub for some time for the flavors to incorporate int ...
, in cooking
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Date honey
Date honey, date syrup, date molasses, Debes (, ), or rub (, ; ''dvash tmarim'' or סילאן, ''silan''; ) is a thick dark brown, very sweet fruit syrup extracted from dates. It is widely used in Middle Eastern cuisine and Greek cuisine.
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, or rub
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Russian ruble
The ruble or rouble (; Currency symbol, symbol: ₽; ISO 4217, ISO code: RUB) is the currency of the Russia, Russian Federation. Banknotes and coins are issued by the Central Bank of Russia, which is Russia's central bank, monetary authority ind ...
, ISO 4217 currency code RUB
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Kuliak languages
The Kuliak languages, also called the Rub languages,Ehret, Christopher (2001) ''A Historical-Comparative Reconstruction of Nilo-Saharan'' (SUGIA, Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika: Beihefte 12), Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, . or Nyangiyan lan ...
, or Rub languages, in Uganda
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Gungu language, ISO 639 language code rub
* Rub,
a professional wrestling term
* Ratio Utility Billing Systems (RUBS), a
utility billing allocation method
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New South Wales RUB type carriage stock, a type of train carriage
See also
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Alcohol rub (disambiguation)
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Rub out (disambiguation)
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Rub-a-dub-dub (disambiguation)
* "There's the rub", a phrase in "
To be, or not to be
"To be, or not to be" is a speech given by Prince Hamlet in the so-called "nunnery scene" of William Shakespeare's play ''Hamlet'' (Act 3, Scene 1). The speech is named for the opening phrase, itself among the most widely known and quoted lines ...
" in Shakespeare's ''Hamlet''
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Liniment
Liniment (from , meaning "to smear, Anointing, anoint"), also called embrocation and heat rub, is a medicated topical preparation for application to the skin. Some liniments have a viscosity similar to that of water; others are lotion or balm; s ...
, or heat rub, a medicated topical preparation
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Massage
Massage is the rubbing or kneading of the body's soft tissues. Massage techniques are commonly applied with hands, fingers, elbows, knees, forearms, feet, or a device. The purpose of massage is generally for the treatment of body stress or pa ...
, the rubbing or kneading of the body's soft tissues
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NEDD8
NEDD8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''NEDD8'' gene. (in ''Saccharomyces cerevisiae'' this protein is known as Rub1) This ubiquitin-like protein, ubiquitin-like (UBL) protein becomes covalently conjugated to a limited number of cell ...
, a protein in ''Saccharomyces cerevisiae'' known as Rub1
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Rubredoxin A Rubredoxin A (RubA) is a protein conserved across all studied oxygenic photoautotrophs.
Structure
As of March 2015 there was no crystal structure of RubA although a structure of the homologous protein from a cryptomonad was determined using NMR ...
(RubA), a protein in oxygenic photoautotrophs
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