In category theory, a rig category (also known as bimonoidal category or 2-rig) is a category equipped with two monoidal structures, one distributing over...
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sailing vessel's rig is its arrangement of masts, sails and rigging. Examples include a schooner rig, cutter rig, junk rig, etc. A rig may be broadly categorized...
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Square rig is a generic type of sail and rigging arrangement in which the primary driving sails are carried on horizontal spars which are perpendicular...
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Lateen (redirect from Lateen rig)
free dictionary. A lateen (from French latine, meaning "Latin") or latin-rig is a triangular sail set on a long yard mounted at an angle on the mast,...
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A Bermuda rig, Bermudian rig, or Marconi rig is a configuration of mast and rigging for a type of sailboat and is the typical configuration for most modern...
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Gaff rig is a sailing rig (configuration of sails, mast and stays) in which the sail is four-cornered, fore-and-aft rigged, controlled at its peak and...
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Deepwater Horizon (redirect from Deepwater Horizon oil rig)
ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore drilling rig owned by Transocean and operated by the BP company. On April 20, 2010, while...
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Barque (redirect from Standing rig of a barque)
mainmast, and any additional masts are rigged square, and only the aftmost mast (mizzen in three-masted barques) is rigged fore and aft. Sometimes, the mizzen...
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Jury rigging (redirect from Jerry-rig)
Look up jury-rig in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In maritime transport and sailing, jury rigging is making temporary makeshift running repairs with...
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Gunter rig is a configuration of sail and spars used in sailing. It is a fore and aft sail set abaft (behind) the mast. The lower half of the luff (front)...
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Initial and terminal objects (redirect from Pointed category)
object. In Rig, the category of rigs with unity and unity-preserving morphisms, the rig of natural numbers N is an initial object. The zero rig, which is...
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Sloop (redirect from Sloop-rigged)
fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sails fore and aft, or as a gaff-rig with triangular foresail(s) and a gaff rigged mainsail...
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fifth-generation, ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, column-stabilized drilling rig owned by Transocean and built in South Korea. The platform was 396 feet (121 m)...
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A jackup rig or a self-elevating unit is a type of mobile platform that consists of a buoyant hull fitted with a number of movable legs, capable of raising...
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Byford Dolphin (category Drilling rigs)
Byford Dolphin was a semi-submersible, column-stabilised drilling rig operated by Dolphin Drilling, a Fred Olsen Energy subsidiary. It drilled seasonally...
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retraction A morphism is a retraction if it has a right inverse. rig A rig category is a category with two monoidal structures, one distributing over the other...
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Tractor unit (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
truck cab, lorry cab, big rig tractor, big rig truck or big rig lorry or simply a tractor, truck, lorry, semi, big rig or rig, is a characteristically...
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Rigs of Rods (RoR) is a free and open source vehicle-simulation game which uses soft-body physics to simulate the motion destruction and deformation of...
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schooner rig but the term is also used for other rigs, for example HMS Advice (1779) was cutter rigged. Category:Schooners of the Royal Navy Category:Schooners...
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Run rig, or runrig, also known as rig-a-rendal, was a system of land tenure practised in Scotland, particularly in the Highlands and Islands. It was used...
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Cutter (boat) (redirect from Cutter rig)
A cutter is a name for various types of watercraft. It can apply to the rig (sail plan) of a sailing vessel (but with regional differences in definition)...
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Brigantine (redirect from Brigantine rig)
A brigantine is a two-masted sailing vessel with a fully square-rigged foremast and at least two sails on the main mast: a square topsail and a gaff sail...
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the skydiving rig the rig is held by the skydiver or an assistant until the skydiver is secured to the rig. This is due to the skydiving rig having a much...
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buildings in Scotland. Of these, 8% were Category A, and 50% were Category B, with the remaining 42% being Category C. List of listed buildings in Fife Sometimes...
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Sailor suit (redirect from Naval rig)
rig, is known as Number One dress and is worn by able rates and leading hands. It is primarily ceremonial, although it dates from the old working rig...
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