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Rod
Rod, Ród, Rőd, ROD,
Rod Ród Rőd ROD or R.O.D. may refer to: • Rod River, a tributary of the Apold River in Romania
Devices Science and technology
• Birch rod, made out of twigs from birch or other • Rod cell, a cell found in the retina that is sensitive to
trees for corporal punishment light/dark (black/white)
• Connecting rod, in an internal combustion engine • Rod (geometry), a three-dimensional, solid (filled)
• Divining rod, two rods believed by some to find cylinder
water in a practice known as dowsing • Rod (length), an Imperial unit of length, also known
• Slang for firearm as the pole or perch
• Fishing rod • Rod (optics), tricks of light in cameras believed by
• Lightning rod some to be alien life
• Measuring rod, a kind of ruler • Rod-shaped bacteria, in bacterial morphology, the
• Switch (rod), a piece of wood as used as a staff or for common name for all bacilli, particularly those of the
corporal punishment, or a bundle of such switches genus Baculus
Media Other uses
• Read or Die, a Japanese anime and manga • Railway Operating Division, a division of the British
• Read or Die (OVA), an original video animation Army’s Royal Engineers
based on the manga • Record of Decision, a formal decision document
• R.O.D the TV, a 26-episode anime series issued by the United States government
• Read or Dream, a manga set in the Read or Die • Ring of Death, a common malfunction of the Xbox
universe 360 game console
• Republic of Doyle, a Canadian TV program set in • Rod (god), a Slavic creator god
Newfoundland • Rods (Tarot Suit)
• Röd, a 2009 album by Swedish band Kent
• Rod (Avenue Q), a character in the stage musical
Avenue Q
See also
• Bar stock
• Dowel
People • Hot rod, often also referred to as ’rod’
• Alex Rodriguez, "A-Rod" nickname for professional • Hrod
baseball player • Pole (disambiguation)
• Andy Roddick, "A-Rod" nickname for American • Rebar
professional tennis player • Rodd, a surname
• Edouard Rod, French-Swiss novelist, 1857–1910 • Rood, an old English unit equal to quarter an acre
• Johnny Rod, American bass guitar player • Stick (disambiguation), any long object
• Rod, a common abbreviation of the personal name • Strut
Rodney - see Rodney (disambiguation) • Structural steel
Places
• Rod, California, a former settlement in Kern County
• Ród, a village in Tilişca Commune, Sibiu County,
Romania
• Rőd, Aiton, the Hungarian name for Rediu, a village
in Aiton Commune, Cluj County, Romania
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