NOD, Nod, or nod may refer to:

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Land of Nod The Land of Nod (Hebrew language, Hebrew: – ''ʾereṣ-Nōḏ'') is a place mentioned in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible, located "on the east of Garden of Eden, Eden" (''qiḏmaṯ-ʿḖḏen''), where Cain was exiled by God af ...

, a place mentioned in the biblical book of Genesis * Nod, a fictional character from the poem "

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" is a poem for children written by American writer and poet Eugene Field and published on March 9, 1889. The original title was "Dutch Lullaby". The poem is a fantasy bed-time story about three children sailing and fishi ...

Science

* Night Observation Device or

night vision device A night-vision device (NVD), also known as a night optical/observation device (NOD) or night-vision goggle (NVG), is an optoelectronic device that allows visualization of images in low levels of light, improving the user's night vision. The ...

Non-occlusive disease Non-occlusive disease (NOD) or Non-occlusive mesenteric ischaemia (NOMI) is a life-threatening condition including all types of mesenteric ischemia without mesenteric obstruction. It mainly affects patients above 50 years of age who suffer from car ...

(NOD), a disease affecting the intestine. It is characterized by mesenteric ischemia without occlusion. *

NOD mice Non-obese diabetic or NOD mice, like biobreeding rats, are used as an animal model for type 1 diabetes. Diabetes develops in NOD mice as a result of insulitis, a leukocytic infiltrate of the pancreatic islets. The onset of diabetes is associated w ...

(non-obese diabetic mice), a strain of mice genetically prone to develop diabetes * NOD32, a software antivirus application from ESET software *

Nod factor Nod factors (nodulation factors or NF), are signaling molecules produced by soil bacteria known as rhizobia in response to flavonoid exudation from plants under nitrogen limited conditions. Nod factors initiate the establishment of a symbiotic re ...

(nodulation factor), signaling molecules produced by rhizobia during the initiation of nodules on the root of legumes *

NOD-like receptor The nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptors, or NOD-like receptors (NLRs) (also known as nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat receptors), are intracellular sensors of pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) that enter th ...

, components of the innate immune system * A member of the Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein family ** Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein 1 (NOD1), a receptor protein that recognizes foreign molecules ** Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein 2 (NOD2), another receptor protein that recognizes foreign molecules

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Nod (gesture) A nod of the head is a gesture in which the head is tilted in alternating up and down arcs along the sagittal plane. In many cultures, it is most commonly, but not universally, used to indicate agreement, acceptance, or acknowledgement. To ind ...

, a head gesture *

Northern Thai language Northern Thai (), also called Kam Mueang (, กำเมือง) or Lanna, is the language spoken by the Northern Thai people of Thailand. It is a Southwestern Tai languages, Southwestern Tai language. The language has approximately six mill ...

, ISO 639-3 language code *

Nation of Domination The Nation of Domination (NOD) was an American-Canadian professional wrestling faction who competed in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from November 17, 1996 to November 28, 1998. The group was formed by newcomer Faarooq in 1996 and remai ...

, a former stable in the World Wrestling Federation * Network of Disclosure, an organization concerned with the condition of comic books * Night of Decadence, a campus party at Rice University in Houston, Texas, USA * Notice of default, a notice given to a borrower regarding failure to pay debt *

Nintendo optical disc Nintendo optical discs are physical media used to distribute video games on three of Nintendo's consoles that followed the Nintendo 64. These are the GameCube Game Disc, Wii Optical Disc, and Wii U Optical Disc. The physical size of a GameCube Ga ...

, a type of media used by the Nintendo GameCube and Wii * Nod, the original name of former Atlanta-based power pop band

Raves A rave (from the verb: '' to rave'') is a dance party at a warehouse, club, or other public or private venue, typically featuring performances by DJs playing electronic dance music. The style is most associated with the early 1990s dance mus ...

* Nod, a ''Nodosaurus'' in

The Land Before Time ''The Land Before Time'' is a franchise consisting of American animated film, animated Adventure film, adventure Children's film, family films centered around dinosaurs, including a Movie theater, theatrical movie, various Direct-to-video, st ...

* NOD, abbreviation for ''Национально-освободительное движение'' ( National Liberation Movement), a right-wing political movement in Russia * Brotherhood of Nod, a faction from

Command & Conquer ''Command & Conquer'' (''C&C'') is a real-time strategy (RTS) video game franchise created and originally developed by Westwood Studios and currently owned by Electronic Arts. The first game was one of the earliest of the RTS genre, itself ba ...

Chananporn Rosjan Chananporn Rosjan (), nicknamed Nod () is a Thai Aviator, pilot, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Thailand Universe 2005. Biography Rosjan was educated primarily at Ruamrudee International School in Bangkok, Thailand. She moved ...

, Thai beauty pageant titleholder

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