Rod

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

Devices

• Birch rod, made out of twigs from birch or other trees for corporal punishment
• Connecting rod, in an internal combustion engine
• Divining rod, two rods believed by some to find water in a practice known as dowsing
• Slang for firearm
• Fishing rod, a tool used to catch fish
• Lightning rod, a conductor on top of a building to protect the building in the event of lightning
• Measuring rod, a kind of ruler
• Switch (corporal punishment), a piece of wood as used as a staff or for corporal punishment, or a bundle of such switches
• Control rod, used to control the rate of fission in a nuclear reactor

Media

• Read or Die, a Japanese anime and manga
  • Read or Die (OVA), an original video animation based on the manga
  • R.O.D the TV, a 26-episode anime series
  • Read or Dream, a manga set in the Read or Die universe
• Republic of Doyle, a Canadian TV program set in Newfoundland
• Röd, a 2009 album by Swedish band Kent
• Rod (Avenue Q), a character in the stage musical Avenue Q

People

• R.O.D. (rapper), an American rapper
• Edouard Rod (1857–1910), French-Swiss novelist
• Johnny Rod (born 1957), American bass guitar player
• Rod, a common abbreviation of the personal name Rodney or Roderick- see Rodney (disambiguation)

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
• Rod River, a tributary of the Apold River in Romania

Science and technology

• Rod cell, a cell found in the retina that is sensitive to light/dark (black/white)
• Rod (geometry), a three-dimensional, solid (filled) cylinder
• Rod (unit), an Imperial unit of length, also known as the pole or perch
• Rod (optics), tricks of light in cameras believed by some to be alien life
• Rod-shaped bacteria, in bacterial morphology, the common name for all bacilli, particularly those of the genus Bacillus

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
• Ring of Death, a common malfunction of the Xbox 360 game console
• Rod (god), a Slavic creator god
• Rods (Tarot Suit)

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Rod
• All pages with titles containing Rod
• Bar stock, a common form of raw purified metal, used by industry to manufacture metal parts and products
• Dowel, a solid cylindrical rod, usually made of wood, plastic or metal
• Hot rod, often also referred to as 'rod'
• Hrod
• Pole (disambiguation)
• Rebar, a common steel bar commonly used as a tensioning device in reinforced concrete and reinforced masonry structures
• Rodd, a surname
• Rood, an old English unit equal to quarter an acre
• Stick (disambiguation), any long object
• Strut, a structural component designed to resist longitudinal compression
• Structural steel, formed with a specific shape and standards of chemical composition and mechanical properties