Rod

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Rod may refer to:

• 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 and ufology), observational artifacts produced by rapidly flying animals or "Fulgure" in French.
• Rod (god), Slavic creator God
• Rods (Tarot Suit)
• Rod, California
• Rod-shaped bacteria, in bacterial morphology, the common name for all bacilli, particularly those of the genus Baculus
• Fishing rod
• Measuring rod, a kind of ruler
• 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
• Rod (Avenue Q), a character in the stage musical Avenue Q

[edit] Abbreviation ROD

• Railway Operating Division
• ROD or Ring of Death, a common malfunction of the Xbox 360
• Record of Decision
• Read or Die, a Japanese anime and manga, see also R.O.D

[edit] People with the surname Rod

• Edouard Rod, French-Swiss novelist, 1857-1910
• Johnny Rod, American bass guitar player
• Alex Rodriguez, "A-Rod" nickname for professional baseball player
• Andy Roddick, "A-Rod" also nickname for American professional tennis player

[edit] See also

• Dowel
• Hot rod, often also referred to as 'rod'
• Hrod
• Pole
• Rebar
• Rood, an old English unit equal to quarter an acre
• Stick, any long object
• Structural steel

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