Look up rib in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A rib is a bone attached to the spine in vertebrate animals. The term rib, ribs, or RIB may also refer to other meanings beyond anatomy.
Anatomy
- Rib or costa, the leading edge of an insect wing (See Glossary of entomology terms)
- Rib, an angulated vertical line on the stem of cactus
Construction
- Rib (aeronautics), a longitudinal structural member in an aircraft wing responsible for maintaining its curvature.
- Rib (nautical), a lateral structural member connected to the keel between gunwales
- Rib, one type of transverse member in boat building
- Rib, a grooved/textured surface found on firearm barrels to improve target aqquisition.
- Rib, any slender molded masonry arch projecting from a surface, particularly as part of an architectural vault
- Rib vault, a type of architectural vault in which the ribs are built first
- The sides of a violin or a guitar
- The sides of a tunnel
Acronyms
- RIB for Rigid inflatable boat, also rigid-hull inflatable boat or rigid-hulled inflatable boat
- RenderMan Interface Bytestream in 3D graphics
- Romanian International Bank
- Routing information base in computer networking
- RIB Software, a German company
- Roman Inscriptions of Britain, an archaeological reference book
- Retirement Insurance Benefits from the United States Social Security Administration
- Rwanda Investigation Bureau, law enforcement in Rwanda
- Ryukyu Islands Boy Scouts, Japan
- Renault Industrie Belgique, a Belgian plant of the Renault concern
- Remote Insight Board, for HP Integrated Lights-Out remote system management protocols
Music
- R.I.B. (album), a 2014 release by German metal band Tankard
- Razed in Black, an industrial music group
- Reign in Blood, an album by thrash metal band, Slayer
- Ribs (band) an American space rock/grime band
- "Ribs" (song) a 2013 song by Lorde from her album Pure Heroine
Other uses
- Ribs (food), the cooked meat and rib bones of a food animal
- Rib (professional wrestling), a practical joke
- A type of escarpment seen in rib and groove topography
- A stitch pattern in knitting
- A tool used for shaping or smoothing pottery
- A type of fabric with closely woven yarn
- Ribs (recordings), gramophone recordings made from X-ray films
- Ribs Raney (1923–2003), American baseball pitcher nicknamed "Ribs"