• Source: Rod

      • Rod, Ród, Rőd, Rød, Röd, ROD, or R.O.D. may refer to:


      Devices


      Birch rod, made out of twigs from birch or other trees for corporal punishment
      Ceremonial rod, used to indicate a position of authority
      Connecting rod, main, coupling, or side rod, in a reciprocating engine
      Control rod, used to control the rate of fission in a nuclear reactor
      Divining rod, two rods believed by some to find water in a practice known as dowsing
      Fishing rod, a tool used to catch fish, like a long pole with a hook on the end
      Lightning rod, a conductor on top of a building to protect the building in the event of lightning by taking the charge harmlessly to earth
      Measuring rod, a kind of ruler
      Switch (corporal punishment), a piece of wood used as a staff or for corporal punishment, or a bundle of such switches
      Truss rod, a steel part inside a guitar neck used for its tension adjustment


      Arts and entertainment


      Read or Die, a Japanese anime and manga
      Read or Die (OVA), an original video animation based on the manga
      Read or Dream, a manga set in the Read or Die universe
      R.O.D the TV, a 26-episode anime series
      Röd, a 2009 album by Swedish band Kent
      The Rods, American heavy metal band
      Rod Norman, a character in the soap opera EastEnders
      Rod (Avenue Q), a character in the stage musical Avenue Q
      Rod Flanders, a character in the TV series The Simpsons
      "R.O.D.", a 2013 song by Korean rapper G-Dragon featured on his second studio album Coup d'Etat


      People


      Rod (given name)
      Rod (surname)
      Rød (surname)


      Places


      Ród, a village in Tilişca Commune, Sibiu County, Romania
      Rød (disambiguation), several populated places in Norway
      Rőd, Aiton, from the Hungarian name for Rediu, a village in Aiton Commune, Cluj County, Romania
      Rod, California, a former settlement in Kern County
      Rod (river), a tributary of the Apold in Sibiu County, Romania


      Science and technology


      Cuisenaire rods, to teach children arithmetics
      Rod-shaped bacterium, a shape of bacteria such as E. coli
      Rod (optical phenomenon), a photographic artifact claimed by some to be alien life
      Rod (unit), an Imperial unit of length, also known as the pole or perch
      Rod cell, a cell found in the retina that is sensitive to light/dark (black/white)
      Real-time outbreak and disease surveillance (RODS)
      rod, ISO 639-3 code for the Rogo language of Nigeria
      Rate of descent (RoD), a measurement in aviation


      Other uses


      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
      Ror, an Indian caste also known as "Rod"
      A dowel
      A firearm


      See also


      All pages with titles beginning with Rod
      All pages with titles containing Rod
      DeRodd, DeAndre McCullough's brother, on The Corner
      Hrod (disambiguation)
      Hot rod, often also referred to as "rod"
      Pole (disambiguation)
      Rodd, a surname
      Rood (disambiguation)
      Staff (disambiguation)
      Stick (disambiguation)

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