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leg A leg is a weight-bearing and locomotive anatomical structure, usually having a columnar shape. During locomotion, legs function as "extensible struts". The combination of movements at all joints can be modeled as a single, linear element cap ...
is a limb used to support an animal or object. Leg or legs may also refer to:


Sports and games

* Leg (sport), one game of a two-legged match *
Leg (darts) A leg is a single game in the sport of darts Darts is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small projectile point, sharp-pointed projectile, projectiles known as dart (missile), darts at a round shooting target, ...
, a single game of darts * Leg, one stage of a
relay race A relay race is a racing competition where members of a team take turns completing parts of racecourse or performing a certain action. Relay races take the form of professional races and amateur games. Relay races are common in running, oriente ...
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Leg (rallying) The following is a glossary of terminology used in motorsport, along with explanations of their meanings. 0–9 ;1–2 finish: When two vehicles from the same team finish first and second in a race. Can be extended to 1–2–3 or 1–2–3– ...
, one day in a rally racing event


Nickname

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Legs Diamond Jack "Legs" Diamond (possibly born John Thomas Diamond, though disputed; July 10, 1897 – December 18, 1931), also known as John Nolan and Gentleman Jack, was an Irish Americans, Irish-American gangster in Philadelphia and New York City during ...
(1897–1931), an American gangster *
Legs McNeil Roderick Edward "Legs" McNeil (born January 27, 1956) is an American music journalism, music journalist. He is one of the three original founders of the seminal ''Punk (magazine), Punk'' magazine; as well as being a former editor at ''Spin (magaz ...
(born 1956), a co-founder and writer for ''Punk Magazine''


Entertainment

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Legs (comics) L-Ron L-Ron is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writers Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis, and first appeared in '' Justice League International'' #14 (June 1988). L-Ron ...
, a supporting character in various Batman comics * "Legs" (song), a 1983 song by ZZ Top * ''Legs'' (novel), a 1975 novel by William Kennedy * The Leg, Scottish rock band * Legs, a fictional member of the Springfield Mafia in ''The Simpsons'' * "Legs", the pilot episode of '' Who's Watching the Kids?'' * "Legs", a 1985 single by The
Art Of Noise Art of Noise (also the Art of Noise) were a British avant-garde synth-rock group formed in early 1983 by engineer/producer Gary Langan and programmer J. J. Jeczalik, along with keyboardist/arranger Anne Dudley, producer Trevor Horn, and ...


Places

* Leg (Netherlands), a village in the municipality of
Alphen-Chaam Alphen-Chaam () is a municipality in the southern Netherlands. Population centres Towns: * Alphen (4,000) * Chaam (3,810) * Galder (1,190) Hamlets (the population data of these hamlets is included in the population data of the towns near whic ...
* Łęg (disambiguation), many places in Poland *
Lehnice Lehnice (, ; ) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia. Component villages Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 121 metres and covers an area of 25.338 km2. ...
(Lég in Hungarian), a village and municipality in south-west Slovakia


In geometry

* the
catheti In a right triangle, a cathetus (originally from Greek , "perpendicular"; plural: catheti), commonly known as a leg, is either of the sides that are adjacent to the right angle. It is occasionally called a "side about the right angle". The side ...
of a right triangle * the congruent sides of an
isosceles triangle In geometry, an isosceles triangle () is a triangle that has two Edge (geometry), sides of equal length and two angles of equal measure. Sometimes it is specified as having ''exactly'' two sides of equal length, and sometimes as having ''at le ...
* the non-parallel sides of a
trapezoid In geometry, a trapezoid () in North American English, or trapezium () in British English, is a quadrilateral that has at least one pair of parallel sides. The parallel sides are called the ''bases'' of the trapezoid. The other two sides are ...


Other uses

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Legs (Chinese constellation) The Legs mansion (奎宿, pinyin: Kuí Xiù) is one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the western mansions of the White Tiger. The constellation Kui within the lunar mansion consists of 16 stars in the We ...
* Another name for a stream of cash flow in finance; see
swap (finance) In finance, a swap is an agreement between two counterparty, counterparties to trade, exchange financial instruments, cashflows, or payments for a certain time. The instruments can be almost anything but most swaps involve cash based on a notiona ...
* LEG, station code for
Lea Green railway station Lea Green railway station is in St Helens, Merseyside, England, three miles south of the town centre near the suburb of Clock Face. The station is on the electrified northern route of the two Liverpool to Manchester lines, east of Liverpool ...
in St. Helens, Merseyside, England * Legs, narrow drapes at the side of a stage


See also

* Crazy Legs (disambiguation) *
Lung Leg Lung Leg (born Elisabeth Carr; July 8, 1963, in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American pin-up girl and actress perhaps best known for appearing on the cover of the Sonic Youth album '' EVOL''. During the 1980s, she gained fame as a model and s ...
, nickname of American actress Elisabeth Carr (born 1963) * * * Legg, a surname *
Legge Legge () is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alexander Legge (1866–1933), US businessman, president of International Harvester * Anthony Legge (1939–2013), British archaeologist specialized in zooarchaeology * Arthur Kaye Le ...
, a surname {{disambiguation, geo