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rig
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?g, IPA(key): /???/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From Early Modern English rygge, probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Norwegian rigge (“to bind up; wrap around; rig; equip”), Swedish dialectal rigga (“to rig a horse”). Possibly from Proto-Germanic *rik- (“to bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *rign-, *reyg- (“to bind”); or related to Old English *wr?han, wr?ohan, wr?ohan, wr?on (“to bind; wrap up; cover”). See also wry (“to cover; clothe; dress; hide”).
Noun
rig (plural rigs)
- (nautical) The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
- Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
- (US) A large truck such as a semi-tractor.
- The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
- (informal) A costume or an outfit.
- (slang, computing) A computer case, often modified for looks.
- 2004, Radford Castro, Let Me Play: Stories of Gaming and Emulation (page 104)
- When I saw a special version of Quake running on Voodoo hardware, I knew I would be forking out quite a bit of money on my gaming rig.
- 2004, Radford Castro, Let Me Play: Stories of Gaming and Emulation (page 104)
- An imperfectly castrated horse, sheep etc.
- (slang) Radio equipment, especially a citizen's band transceiver.
- (animation) A model outfitted with parameterized controls for animation.
Translations
Verb
rig (third-person singular simple present rigs, present participle rigging, simple past and past participle rigged)
- (transitive) To fit out with a harness or other equipment.
- (transitive, nautical) To equip and fit (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
- (transitive, manufacturing) To move (a heavy object) with the help of slings, hoists, block and tackle, levers, or similar equipment.
- (transitive, informal) To dress or clothe in some costume.
- (transitive) To make or construct something in haste or in a makeshift manner.
- (transitive) To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.
- (transitive, obsolete) To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer.
- (transitive, intransitive, animation) To outfit a model with controls for animation.
Translations
Etymology 2
See ridge.
Noun
rig (plural rigs)
- (Britain, Scotland, dialect) A ridge.
Etymology 3
Compare wriggle.
Noun
rig (plural rigs)
- (obsolete) A wanton; one given to unbecoming conduct.
- 1650, Thomas Fuller, A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine
- Let none condemn them for rigs, because thus hoiting with boys, seeing the simplicity of their age was a patent to privilege any innocent pastime, and few more years will make them blush themselves into better manners
- 1650, Thomas Fuller, A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine
- A promiscuous woman.
- 1936: Like the Phoenix by Anthony Bertram
- However, terrible as it may seem to the tall maiden sisters of J.P.'s in Queen Anne houses with walled vegetable gardens, this courtesan, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, street-walker, this trollop, this trull, this baggage, this hussy, this drab, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, demirep, demimondaine, this wanton, this fornicatress, this doxy, this concubine, this frail sister, this poor Queenie--did actually solicit me, did actually say 'coming home to-night, dearie' and my soul was not blasted enough to call a policeman.
- 1936: Like the Phoenix by Anthony Bertram
- (obsolete) A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.
- 1782, William Cowper, The Diverting History of John Gilpin
- He little dreamt when he set out / Of running such a rig.
- 1782, William Cowper, The Diverting History of John Gilpin
- (obsolete) A blast of wind.
- 1796, Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace
- that uncertain season before the rigs of old Michaelmas were yet well composed.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wright to this entry?)
- 1796, Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace
Verb
rig (third-person singular simple present rigs, present participle rigging, simple past and past participle rigged)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks.
- 1616, George Chapman, The Hymn to Hermes, in The Whole Works of Homer (tr.),
- Rigging and rifling all ways, and no noise / Made with thy soft feet, where it all destroys.
- 1616, George Chapman, The Hymn to Hermes, in The Whole Works of Homer (tr.),
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:harlotize
Etymology 4
From ring (“algebraic structure”), omitting the letter n to suggest the lack of negatives. Compare structure like a ring but lacking a multiplicative identity.
Noun
rig (plural rigs)
- (algebra, ring theory) An algebraic structure similar to a ring, but without the requirement that every element have an additive inverse.
- 2004, ACM SIGPLAN Notices, Volume 39, ACM Press, page 81,
- The set of natural numbers N with the usual operations of addition and multiplication is a rig, but not a ring. The set of integers Z is a ring. For a rig/ring (R,0,+,1,?), the set of polynomials R[x] on a generator x with the usual operations of addition and multiplication is also a rig/ring.
- 2004, Jerzy Marcinkowski (editor), Computer Science Logic: 18th International Workshop, CSL 2004, Proceedings, Springer, LNCS 3210, page 17,
- It follows that for each object A its endomorphisms EndC(A) = C(A,A) has the structure of what is now called a rig, that is to say a (commutative) ring without negatives.
- 2004, ACM SIGPLAN Notices, Volume 39, ACM Press, page 81,
Synonyms
- (algebraic structure like a ring but without additive inverses): semiring
Anagrams
- G.R.I., GRI, IrG
Albanian
Etymology
From Greek ????? (rígas), cognate with the also borrowed Romanian rig?. Ultimately from Latin rex, thus forming a doublet of regj.
Noun
rig m (indefinite plural riga)
- (rare, card games) king in a pack of playing cards
- Synonyms: mbret, kerr
Derived terms
- rigash
Related terms
- regj
References
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse ríkr (“rich”), from Proto-Germanic *r?kijaz, a derivative of *r?ks (“king, ruler”), itself a borrowing from Proto-Celtic *r?xs, from Proto-Indo-European *h?r??s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??i?]
- Rhymes: -i??
Adjective
rig (neuter rigt, plural and definite singular attributive rige, comparative rigere, superlative (predicative) rigest, superlative (attributive) rigeste)
- rich (having wealth), wealthy, affluent
- exuberant, luxuriant
Inflection
Etymology 2
From English rig
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?????]
- Rhymes: -e?
Noun
rig c (singular definite riggen, plural indefinite rigge)
- rig (the arrangement of masts etc., the special apparatus used for drilling oil wells)
Inflection
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?????]
Verb
rig
- imperative of rigge
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r??i?/
Verb
·rig
- first-person singular future conjunct of téit
Mutation
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control
English
Alternative forms
- comptroll (archaic)
- controll, controul (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English controllen, from Old French contrerole, from Medieval Latin contrarotulum (“a counter-roll or register used to verify accounts”), from Latin contra (“against, opposite”) + Medieval Latin rotulus, Latin rotula (“roll, a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /k?n?t???l/
- (US) IPA(key): /k?n?t(?)?o?l/
- Hyphenation: con?trol
- Homophone: Ctrl
Verb
control (third-person singular simple present controls, present participle controlling, simple past and past participle controlled)
- (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
- Synonyms: besteer, bewield, manage, puppeteer, rule
- (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
- (transitive, archaic) to verify the accuracy of (something or someone, especially a financial account) by comparison with another account
- (transitive, obsolete) to call to account, to take to task, to challenge
- (transitive) to hold in check, to curb, to restrain
Synonyms
- ctrl.
Antonyms
- defy, rebel, resist (not to be controlled)
- obey, submit (to be controlled)
Derived terms
See also
- regulate
Translations
Noun
control (countable and uncountable, plural controls)
- (countable, uncountable) Influence or authority over something.
- The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
- Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
- She had no control of her body as she tumbled downhill. She did not know up from down. It was not unlike being cartwheeled in a relentlessly crashing wave.
- A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
- (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
- A control group or control experiment.
- A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
- (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
- Synonym: widget
- (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
- (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
- (spiritualism, parapsychology) A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- control in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- control in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- control on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Control in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Catalan
Etymology
From French contrôle, attested from 1917.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /kon?t??l/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kun?t??l/
Noun
control m (plural controls)
- control
- check, inspection
- influence, authority
Derived terms
- controlar
References
Further reading
- “control” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “control” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “control” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
From English control. The established pronunciation reflects a widespread mispronunciation of the English word. Doublet of controle and controlo.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?kõ.t?ow/
Noun
control m (plural controls)
- the control key on a computer keyboard
Derived terms
- control C control V
Romanian
Etymology
From French contrôle.
Noun
control n (plural controale)
- control
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From French contrôle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kon?t?ol/, [kõn??t??ol]
- Hyphenation: con?trol
Noun
control m (plural controles)
- control, or running of a business
- control of a machine
- Synonyms: control remoto, mando, mando a distancia, telemando
- control or emotional restraint, self-control
- (Latin America) remote control
- Synonyms: control remoto, mando, mando a distancia
- (video games, Latin America) controller, gamepad, joypad
- Synonym: mando
- (medicine) checkup
Derived terms
Related terms
- controlar
Further reading
- “control” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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