Rod

Rod

Rod may mean:
*Rod (geometry), a straight and slender stick; a wand; a cylinder; hence, any slender bar
*Rod cell, a cell found in the retina that is sensitive to light/dark (black/white)
*Rod (length), an Imperial unit of length, also known as the "pole" or "perch"
*Rod (cryptozoology), observational artifacts produced by rapidly flying animals
*Rod (god), a Slavic god
*Rods (Tarot Suit)
*Railway Operating Division
*Fishing rod
*Lightning rod
*Connecting rod, in an internal combustion engine
*Divining rod, two rods believed by some to find water in a practice known as dowsing
*Birch rod, made out of twigs from birch or other trees for corporal punishment
*Switch (rod), a piece of wood as used as a staff or for corporal punishment, or a bundle of such switches
*Ring of Death, a common malfunction of the Xbox 360

Rod may also be:
*Eubacterium with the shape of a rod; a bacillus in the loose sense
*Penis (slang)
*Gun (slang)

People with the given name Rod

Often as an abbreviation of such names as Roderick and Rodney:

*Rod Stewart, rock musician
*Rod Laver (born 1938), Australian former tennis player
*Rod Steiger (1925–2002), American actor
*Rod Flanders, a fictional character on "The Simpsons"
*Rod From Avenue Q, a character in the stage musical Avenue Q
*Rod Serling, Creator of the 1960's show "The Twilight Zone"
*Rod Quantock, Australian stand-up comedian
*Rod Roddy, Game show announcer, best known for The Price is Right
*Darren Hampton, Tesco Meir Park

People with the surname Rod

*Edouard Rod, French-Swiss novelist, 1857-1910
*Johnny Rod, American bass guitar player

ee also

*Hrod
*Dowel
*Hot rod, often also referred to as 'rod'
*Pole
*Rebar
*Rood, an old English unit equal to quarter an acre
*Stick, any long object
*Structural steel
*R.O.D., an acronym for the Read or Die anime


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  • Rod — /rod/, n. a male given name, form of Roderick or Rodney. * * * (as used in expressions) Carew Rod eccentric and rod mechanism hot rod * * * ▪ measurement       old English measure of distance equal to 16.5 feet (5.029 metres), with variations… …   Universalium

  • rod — ROD, roade, s.n. 1. Nume generic dat produselor vegetale obţinute de la plantele cultivate, în special fructelor; fruct. ♢ loc. adj. Cu rod = roditor, fructifer. ♢ Compuse: rodul pământului = plantă erbacee veninoasă, cu frunze mari, late şi… …   Dicționar Român

  • rod — [rɔd US ra:d] n [: Old English; Origin: rodd] 1.) a long thin pole or bar steel/iron/wooden etc rod ▪ The walls are reinforced with steel rods. ▪ a measuring rod ↑basket, ↑net, ↑reel, ↑rod 2.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Rod — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda El término Rod puede tener diferentes significados: Unidad de medida anglosajona (Unidad longitud Rod) Rod (criptozoología y ufología), supuestos fenómenos o criaturas pseudocríptidas. Siglas de una serie de novelas… …   Wikipedia Español

  • rod — ► NOUN 1) a thin straight bar, especially of wood or metal. 2) a fishing rod. 3) a slender straight stick or shoot growing on or cut from a tree or bush. 4) (the rod) the use of a stick for caning or flogging. 5) Anatomy one of two types of light …   English terms dictionary

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  • Rod — Rod, n. [The same word as rood. See {Rood}.] 1. A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes). Specifically: (a) An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rôd — m 〈G rȍda, N mn ròdovi〉 1. {{001f}}a. {{001f}}ono što je rođeno; porod, potomstvo, vrsta b. {{001f}}obitelj, obiteljska loza, soj c. {{001f}}rodbina, srodnici (ob. krvni, po ocu i majci) d. {{001f}}svojta [biti ∼] 2. {{001f}}urod, plod, plodovi… …   Veliki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika

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