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

Devices

Birch rod Birching is a form of corporal punishment with a birch rod, typically applied to the recipient's bare buttocks, although occasionally to the back and/or shoulders. Implement A birch rod (often shortened to "birch") is a bundle of leafless t ...

, made out of twigs from birch or other trees for corporal punishment * Ceremonial rod, used to indicate a position of authority *

Connecting rod A connecting rod, also called a 'con rod', is the part of a piston engine which connects the piston to the crankshaft. Together with the crank, the connecting rod converts the reciprocating motion of the piston into the rotation of the cranksh ...

, main, coupling, or side rod, in a reciprocating engine *

Control rod Control rods are used in nuclear reactors to control the rate of fission of the nuclear fuel – uranium or plutonium. Their compositions include chemical elements such as boron, cadmium, silver, hafnium, or indium, that are capable of absorbing ...

, 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 fishing rod is a long, thin rod used by angling, anglers to fishing, catch fish by manipulating a fishing line, line ending in a fish hook, hook (formerly known as an ''angle'', hence the term "angling"). At its most basic form, a fishing ...

, 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 switch is a flexible rod which is typically used for corporal punishment. Switching is similar to birching. Punitive switching Switches are typically made of strong and flexible wood such as hazel, birch, or hickory. Willow branches are also ...

, a piece of wood as 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 ''Röd'' (Swedish for ''Red'') is the eighth studio album by Swedish alternative rock band Kent. It was released as digital download exclusively through the band's website on 5 November 2009 and physically on 6 November 2009. The first single f ...

'', a 2009 album by Swedish band Kent * Rod Norman, a character in the soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Rod (''Avenue Q''), a character in the stage musical ''Avenue Q'' *

Rod Flanders The American animated television series '' The Simpsons'' contains a wide range of minor and supporting characters like co-workers, teachers, students, family friends, extended relatives, townspeople, local celebrities, and even animals. The wri ...

, 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) * Dalel Singh Ror

Places

* Ród, a village in Tilişca Commune, Sibiu County, Romania * Rød (disambiguation), several populated places in Norway *

Rőd, Aiton Aiton ( hu, Ajton; german: Eiten) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Aiton and Rediu (''Rőd''). Geography Mean altitude: 626 m (2054 ft). The presence of large deposits of halite and ...

, from the Hungarian name for Rediu, a village in Aiton Commune, Cluj County, Romania *

Rod, California Muroc (also, Rogers, Rod, Yucca, and Rodriguez) is a former settlement in Kern County, California in the Mojave Desert. It was located on Rogers Dry Lake east of Edwards, at an elevation of 2283 feet (696 m). Muroc still appeared on maps as of ...

, a former settlement in Kern County *

Rod (river) The Rod is a left tributary of the river Apold in Romania. It flows into the Apold in Apoldu de Sus Miercurea Sibiului (german: Reußmarkt; hu, Szerdahely) is a town in the west of Sibiu County, in southern Transylvania, central Romania, to th ...

, a tributary of the Apold in Sibiu County, Romania

Science and technology

Cuisenaire rods Cuisenaire rods are mathematics learning aids for students that provide an interactive, hands-on way to explore mathematics and learn mathematical concepts, such as the four basic arithmetical operations, working with fractions and finding divisor ...

, to teach children arithmetics *

Rod-shaped bacterium A bacillus (), also called a bacilliform bacterium or often just a rod (when the context makes the sense clear), is a rod-shaped bacterium or archaeon. Bacilli are found in many different taxonomic groups of bacteria. However, the name ''Bacillu ...

, a shape of bacteria such as ''E. coli'' *

Rod (optical phenomenon) In cryptozoology and ufology, "rods" (also known as "skyfish", "air rods", or "solar entities") are elongated visual artifacts appearing in photographic images and video recordings. Some paranormal proponents claim them to be extraterrestrial ...

, a photographic artifact claimed by some to be alien life *

Rod (unit) The rod, perch, or pole (sometimes also lug) is a surveyor's tool and unit of length of various historical definitions, often between approximately 3 and 8 meters (9 ft 10 in and 26 ft 2 in). In modern US customary units ...

, an Imperial unit of length, also known as the ''pole'' or ''perch'' *

Rod cell Rod cells are photoreceptor cells in the retina of the eye that can function in lower light better than the other type of visual photoreceptor, cone cells. Rods are usually found concentrated at the outer edges of the retina and are used in per ...

, a cell found in the retina that is sensitive to light/dark (black/white) *

Real-time outbreak and disease surveillance Real-time outbreak and disease surveillance system (RODS) is a syndromic surveillance system developed by the University of Pittsburgh, Department of Biomedical Informatics. It is "prototype developed at the University of Pittsburgh where real-ti ...

(RODS) * rod, ISO 639-3 code for the Rogo language of Nigeria * Rate of descent (RoD), a measurement in aviation.

Other uses

* Ror is a Pure Hindu Kshatriya Indian Caste. * 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) In the pre-Christian religion of Eastern and Southern Slavs, Rod (Slovenian, Croatian: Rod, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian Cyrillic: Род, Ukrainian Cyrillic: Рід) is the god of the family, ancestors and fate, perhaps ...

, a Slavic creator god * Rods (tarot suit) * Roughly Obsess and Destroy, a professional wrestling stable * A

dowel A dowel is a cylindrical rod, usually made of wood, plastic, or metal. In its original manufactured form, a dowel is called a ''dowel rod''. Dowel rods are often cut into short lengths called dowel pins. Dowels are commonly used as structural ...

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