Rubbing (friction)
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 ...
is moving an object in contact with another object using pressure and friction
Rub or RUB may also refer to:
Organisations
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Ruhr-Universität 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 ...
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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 ...
, the national university system of Bhutan
Food
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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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Rub (syrup)
Date honey, date syrup, date molasses, Debes ( ar, دِبس, ), or rub ( ar, رُب, ; he, דְּבַש תמרים ''dvash tmarim'' or סילאן, ''silan''; fa, شیره خرما) is a thick dark brown, very sweet fruit syrup extracted from dat ...
, a kind of syrup extracted from dates
Arts and entertainment
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''Rub'' (album), by Peaches
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Rubbing
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 ...
, an art technique
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The Rub
The Rub were an English rock band, formed in 1998 in Whalley Range, Manchester by former Stone Roses drummer Alan "Reni" Wren.
The band's line up featured Reni on vocals and lead guitar along with rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Casey Lo ...
, an English rock band
People
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Kurt Rub
Kurt Rub (born 28 February 1946) is a Swiss former racing cyclist. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1970. He also rode in the 1971 Tour de France
The 1971 Tour de France was the 58th edition of the Tour de France, one of cyclin ...
(born 1946), Swiss former racing cyclist
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Timothy Rub
Timothy F. Rub (born 1952) is an American museum director and art historian. He currently holds the position of the George D. Widener Director and Chief Executive Officer at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, one of the largest museums in the Unite ...
(born 1952), American museum director and art historian
Other uses
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Russian ruble
''hum''; cv, тенкĕ ''tenke''; kv, шайт ''shayt''; Lak: къуруш ''k'urush''; Mari: теҥге ''tenge''; os, сом ''som''; tt-Cyrl, сум ''sum''; udm, манет ''manet''; sah, солкуобай ''solkuobay''
, name_ab ...
(ISO 4217 currency code), the currency of the Russian Federation
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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), character actor from Germany
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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, . are a group of lan ...
, in Uganda
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Liniment, a medicated topical preparation for application to the skin, sometimes heat rubs
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Massage
Massage is the manipulation 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 pain. In E ...
, to work and act on the body with pressure
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Rub (professional wrestling), a wrestling technique
See also
* Ratio Utility Billing Systems (RUBS), a
utility billing allocation method
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