BOD or bod may refer to:

People

Péter Bod Péter Bod or Peter Bod (February 22, 1712 – 1768) was a Hungarian theologian and historian. Biography Bod was born Feb. 22, 1712, at Felső-Csernáton, in Transylvania. He studied at Nagy-Enyed, where he also was appointed librarian and pro ...

(1712–1768), Hungarian theologian and historian * Péter Ákos Bod (born 1951), Hungarian politician and economist *

Rens Bod Rens Bod (born 1965, Bergh) is a professor in digital humanities and history of humanities at the University of Amsterdam. His research focuses on the exploration of patterns and underlying principles in language, music, art, literature and hist ...

(born 1965), professor in digital humanities and history of humanities at the University of Amsterdam * Brian O'Driscoll (born 1979), Irish rugby player nicknamed "BOD" *

Bod Mellor Bod Mellor (born 1970; previously named Dawn Mellor) is a British painter, noted for unconventional, stylised portraits of well-known figures. Early life and education Mellor was born in Manchester, England. They attended Central St. Martin's ...

, British painter born Dawn Mellor in 1970

Places and structures

Bod, Brașov Bod (german: Brenndorf; hu, Botfalu) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Bod and Colonia Bod (''Botfalusi Cukorgyártelep''). The commune is located in the eastern part of the county, in the no ...

, a commune in Romania * Bod, the native name of

Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa people, ...

* Bőd, the Hungarian name for Bediu village,

Nușeni Nușeni ( hu, Apanagyfalu; german: Großendorf) is a commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Beudiu (''Bőd''), Dumbrava (''Nyírmezőtanya''), Feleac (''Fellak''), Malin (''Almásmálom''), N ...

Commune, Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania * Böd of Gremista, an ancient Shetland fishing booth

Science and technology

* Breakover diode, a gateless

thyristor A thyristor () is a solid-state semiconductor device with four layers of alternating P- and N-type materials used for high-power applications. It acts exclusively as a bistable switch (or a latch), conducting when the gate receives a current ...

triggered by avalanche current *

Bilirubin oxidase In enzymology, a bilirubin oxidase, BOD or BOx, () is an enzyme encoded by a gene in various organisms that catalyzes the chemical reaction :2 bilirubin + O2 \rightleftharpoons 2 biliverdin + 2 H2O This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreduct ...

, an enzyme * Biochemical oxygen demand or "biological oxygen demand", a measure of organic pollution in a wastewater sample

Codes

Bodmin Parkway railway station Bodmin Parkway railway station ( kw, Fordh Bosvena) is on the Cornish Main Line that serves the nearby town of Bodmin and other parts of mid-Cornwall, England. It is situated south-east of the town of Bodmin in the civil parish of St Winnow, f ...

, National Rail station code BOD, a railway station in Cornwall, UK * Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, IATA code BOD, an airport serving Bordeaux, France * bod, ISO 639-3 and -2 language codes for Lhasa Tibetan

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Banco Occidental de Descuento Banco Occidental de Descuento (BOD) (English: ''Western Discount Bank'') (WDB) was a Venezuelan bank. With around 6.6% of the Venezuelan market, it was Venezuela's fifth-largest bank in 2009. The owner of BOD is the Grupo Financiero BOD (English: ...

, a Venezuelan bank *

Board of directors A board of directors (commonly referred simply as the board) is an executive committee that jointly supervises the activities of an organization, which can be either a for-profit or a nonprofit organization such as a business, nonprofit organiz ...

, a group of people who jointly supervise the activities of an organization *

Board of Deputies of British Jews The Board of Deputies of British Jews, commonly referred to as the Board of Deputies, is the largest and second oldest Jewish communal organisation in the United Kingdom, after only the Initiation Society which was founded in 1745. Established ...

* BOD (consulting firm), an Indian management consulting firm *

BOD (psychedelic) BOD (4-methyl-2,5,β-trimethoxyphenethylamine) is a lesser-known psychedelic drug. It is the beta-methoxy analog of 2C-D. BOD was first synthesized by Alexander Shulgin. In his book '' PiHKAL'', the dosage range is listed as 15–25 mg, and ...

, a hallucinogenic drug * ''Bod'' (TV series), a BBC children's television series *

Bodleian Library The Bodleian Library () is the main research library of the University of Oxford, and is one of the oldest libraries in Europe. It derives its name from its founder, Sir Thomas Bodley. With over 13 million printed items, it is the second- ...

, a research library at the University of Oxford informally referred to as "the Bod" *

Book of Discipline A Book of Discipline (or in its shortened form Discipline) is a book detailing the beliefs, standards, doctrines, canon law, and polity of a particular Christian denomination. They are often re-written by the governing body of the church concerned ...

, a Christian denominational book * Books on Demand, a print-on-demand and self-publishing platform * Mourvèdre, a grape varietal also known as Bod

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