Rigging may refer to:
Nautical
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Rigging
Rigging comprises the system of ropes, cables and chains, which support a sailing ship or sail boat's masts—''standing rigging'', including shrouds and stays—and which adjust the position of the vessel's sails and spars to which they ar ...
, the system of ropes, cables and chains, which support the mast(s) of a sailing vessel and which adjust the position of the vessel's sails and the spars to which they are attached.
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Standing rigging, the rigging that supports masts on sailing vessels.
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Running rigging, the rigging that is used to adjust the position of sails.
*Rowing apparatus in a boat, see
Glossary of rowing terms
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Rigging (material handling), any form of lifting gear, tackle, equipment for moving heavy loads over short distances, etc. and the procedures of lifting and moving heavy loads.
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Rigging (parachuting), the collective name for any tasks related to the assembly, inspection, maintenance and repair of
parachuting equipment. The person trained for those tasks is called a
rigger.
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Entertainment rigging, rigging used for lights, curtains, and other equipment in exposed-structure venues, including theatres, arenas, convention centers, ballrooms, warehouses, etc.
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Theatrical rigging, as used in live-stage theatres and similar venues, more specifically
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Aerial rigging
Aerial rigging is a specialty within the field of rigging that deals specifically with human loads. Aerial rigging is the process of setting up equipment used to make humans fly, specifically aerial circus and aerial dance equipment. The field is ...
, setting up apparatus for circus aerial acts, such as trapeze
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Vote rigging
Electoral fraud, sometimes referred to as election manipulation, voter fraud or vote rigging, involves illegal interference with the process of an election, either by increasing the vote share of a favored candidate, depressing the vote share of ...
, illegally interfering in the counting of votes in an election
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Rodeo bareback rigging, riding equipment
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Skeletal rigging
Skeletal animation or rigging is a technique in computer animation in which a Character (animation), character (or other articulated object) is represented in two parts: a surface representation used to draw the character (called the ''Polygon me ...
, the preparation of a 3D graphics model (mesh) for animation, by programming points of articulation in the figure
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Rig (disambiguation)
Rig may refer to:
Objects and structures
* Rig (fishing), an arrangement of items used for fishing
* Drilling rig, a structure housing equipment used to drill or extract oil from underground
* Rig (stage lighting)
* rig, a horse-drawn carriage ...
* ''Rigged'', original title of
''Fight Night'' (film)
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''Rigged'', a 2007 book by Ben Mezrich
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