Rod, Ror, 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 as 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), ''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 * Rod Norman, a character in the soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Rod (Avenue Q), 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 (G-Dragon album), Coup d'Etat''

People

* Rod (given name) * Rod (surname) * Rød (surname) * Dalel Singh Ror

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.

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