Rod, Ród, Rőd, Rød, Röd, ROD, or R.O.D. may refer to:
Devices
- Birch rod, made out of twigs from birch or other trees for corporal punishment
- Ceremonial rod, used to indicate a position of authority
- Connecting rod, main, coupling, or side rod, in a reciprocating engine
- Control rod, used to control the rate of fission in a nuclear reactor
- Divining rod, two rods believed by some to find water in a practice known as dowsing
- Fishing rod, a tool used to catch fish, like a long pole with a hook on the end
- Lightning rod, 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 kind of ruler
- Switch (corporal punishment), 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, 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, 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
Places
- Ród, a village in Tilişca Commune, Sibiu County, Romania
- Rød (disambiguation), several populated places in Norway
- Rőd, Aiton, from the Hungarian name for Rediu, a village in Aiton Commune, Cluj County, Romania
- Rod, California, a former settlement in Kern County
- Rod (river), a tributary of the Apold in Sibiu County, Romania
Science and technology
- Cuisenaire rods, to teach children arithmetics
- Rod-shaped bacterium, a shape of bacteria such as E. coli
- Rod (optical phenomenon), a photographic artifact claimed by some to be alien life
- Rod (unit), an Imperial unit of length, also known as the pole or perch
- Rod cell, 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 (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
- A dowel
- A firearm
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Rod
- All pages with titles containing Rod
- DeRodd, DeAndre McCullough's brother, on The Corner
- Hrod (disambiguation)
- Hot rod, often also referred to as "rod"
- Pole (disambiguation)
- Rodd, a surname
- Rood (disambiguation)
- Staff (disambiguation)
- Stick (disambiguation)
This
disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Rod.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
Rod, Ród, Rőd, Rød, Röd, ROD, or R.O.D. may refer to:
Devices
- Birch rod, made out of twigs from birch or other trees for corporal punishment
- Ceremonial rod, used to indicate a position of authority
- Connecting rod, main, coupling, or side rod, in a reciprocating engine
- Control rod, used to control the rate of fission in a nuclear reactor
- Divining rod, two rods believed by some to find water in a practice known as dowsing
- Fishing rod, a tool used to catch fish, like a long pole with a hook on the end
- Lightning rod, 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 kind of ruler
- Switch (corporal punishment), 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, 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, 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
Places
- Ród, a village in Tilişca Commune, Sibiu County, Romania
- Rød (disambiguation), several populated places in Norway
- Rőd, Aiton, from the Hungarian name for Rediu, a village in Aiton Commune, Cluj County, Romania
- Rod, California, a former settlement in Kern County
- Rod (river), a tributary of the Apold in Sibiu County, Romania
Science and technology
- Cuisenaire rods, to teach children arithmetics
- Rod-shaped bacterium, a shape of bacteria such as E. coli
- Rod (optical phenomenon), a photographic artifact claimed by some to be alien life
- Rod (unit), an Imperial unit of length, also known as the pole or perch
- Rod cell, 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 (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
- A dowel
- A firearm
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Rod
- All pages with titles containing Rod
- DeRodd, DeAndre McCullough's brother, on The Corner
- Hrod (disambiguation)
- Hot rod, often also referred to as "rod"
- Pole (disambiguation)
- Rodd, a surname
- Rood (disambiguation)
- Staff (disambiguation)
- Stick (disambiguation)
This
disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Rod.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.