Rod, 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 used to strike the recipient's bare buttocks, although occasionally 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 reciprocating engine, piston engine which connects the piston to the crankshaft. Together with the crank (mechanism), crank, the connecting rod converts the reciprocating motion of the p ...

, 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 Dowsing is a type of divination employed in attempts to locate ground water, buried metals or ores, gemstones, Petroleum, oil, claimed radiations (radiesthesia),As translated from one preface of the Kassel experiments, "roughly 10,000 active do ...

, two rods believed by some to find water in a practice known as dowsing *

Fishing rod A fishing rod or fishing pole 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 ...

, a tool used to catch fish, like a long pole with a hook on the end *

Lightning rod A lightning rod or lightning conductor (British English) is a metal rod mounted on a structure and intended to protect the structure from a lightning strike. If lightning hits the structure, it is most likely to strike the rod and be conducted ...

, 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 measuring rod is a tool used to physically length measurement, measure lengths and surveying, survey areas of various sizes. Most measuring rods are round or square sectioned; however, they can also be flat boards. Some have markings at regu ...

, 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 ...

, 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 ''Röd'' (Swedish language, Swedish for ''Red'') is the eighth studio album by Swedish alternative rock band Kent (band), Kent. It was released as Music download, digital download exclusively through the band's website on 5 November 2009 and Comp ...

'', 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 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 writ ...

, 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) Rød is a Norwegian and Danish word for the color red and a common Norwegian surname. It may refer to * Harald Rød (1907–1982), Norwegian farmer and politician * Henrik Rød (born 1975), Norwegian politician * Ingolf Rød (1889–1963), Norwegian ...

Places

* Ród, a village in Tilişca Commune, Sibiu County, Romania *

Rød (disambiguation) Rød is the Norwegian and Danish word for the color " red". It is also a shortened version of the Norwegian dialect word ''røddning'' (or ''rødning''), meaning a cleared place. Rød may also refer to: People * Rød (surname), a list of many p ...

, several populated places in Norway *

Rőd, Aiton Aiton (; ) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Aiton and Rediu (''Rőd''). Geography The commune is situated in the northern foothills of the Apuseni Mountains, at a mean altitude ov . The prese ...

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

Rod, California Muroc (also known as, Rogers, Rod, Yucca, and Rodriguez) is a former settlement in Kern County, California in the Mojave Desert The Mojave Desert (; ; ) is a desert in the rain shadow of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains and Transverse Ra ...

, a former settlement in Kern County *

Rod (river) The Rod is a left tributary of the river Apold in Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the wes ...

, a tributary of the Apold in Sibiu County, Romania

Science and technology

Cuisenaire rods Cuisenaire rods are mathematics learning aids for pupils 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 Bacterial cellular morphologies are the shapes that are characteristic of various types of bacteria and often key to their identification. Their direct examination under a light microscope enables the classification of these bacteria (and archaea ...

, 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. Most optical analyses to date have concluded that the images a ...

, 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. In British imperial and US customary units, it is defined as feet, equal to exactly of a mile, or yards (a quarter ...

, 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 ...

, 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 In aeronautics, the rate of climb (RoC) is an aircraft's vertical speed, that is the positive or negative rate of altitude change with respect to time. In most ICAO member countries, even in otherwise metric countries, this is usually expressed ...

(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 The dowel is a cylindrical shape made of wood, plastic, or metal. In its original manufactured form, a dowel is long and called a ''dowel rod'', which are often cut into shorter ''dowel pins''. Dowels are commonly used as structural reinforceme ...