Rod

Look up rod in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rod, Ród, Rőd, ROD, or R.O.D. may refer to: Devices edit: Birch rod, made out of twigs from birch or other trees for corporal punishment, Connecting rod, in an internal combustion engine, Divining rod, two rods believed by some to find water in a practice known as dowsing, Slang for firearm, Fishing rod, a tool used to catch fish, Lightning rod, a conductor on top of a building to protect the building in the event of lightning, Measuring rod, a kind of ruler, Switch (corporal punishment), a piece of wood as used as a staff or for corporal punishment, or a bundle of such switches, Control rod, used to control the rate of fission in a nuclear reactor, Media edit: Read or Die, a Japanese anime and manga Read or Die (OVA), an original video animation based on the manga, R.O.D the TV, a 26-episode anime series, Read or Dream, a manga set in the Read or Die universe, , Röd, a 2009 album by Swedish band Kent, Rod (Avenue Q), a character in the stage musical Avenue Q, People edit: Edouard Rod (1857-1910), French-Swiss novelist, Johnny Rod (born 1957), American bass guitar player, Rod Blagojevich, Rod Daniel, American film director, Rod Hardy, Australian television and film director, Rod, a common abbreviation of the personal name Rodney or Roderick, Places edit: Rod, California, a former settlement in Kern County, Ród, a village in Tilişca Commune, Sibiu County, Romania, Rőd, Aiton, the Hungarian name for Rediu, a village in Aiton Commune, Cluj County, Romania, Rod River, a tributary of the Apold River in Romania, Science and technology edit: Rod cell, a cell found in the retina that is sensitive to light/dark (black/white), Rod (geometry), a three-dimensional, solid (filled) cylinder, Rod (unit), an Imperial unit of length, also known as the pole or perch, Rod (optics), tricks of light in cameras believed by some to be alien life, Rod-shaped bacteria, in bacterial morphology, the common name for all bacilli, particularly those of the genus Bacillus, Other uses edit: Railway Operating Division, a division of the British Army's Royal Engineers, Record of Decision, a formal decision document issued by the United States government, Rod (god), a Slavic creator god, Rods (Tarot Suit), Roughly Obsess and Destroy, a professional wrestling stable

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