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

Devices

Birch rod Birching is a form of corporal punishment with a birch rod, typically applied to the recipient's bare buttocks, although occasionally to the back and/or shoulders. Implement A birch rod (often shortened to "birch") is a bundle of leafless t ...

, made out of twigs from birch or other trees for corporal punishment * Ceremonial rod, used to indicate a position of authority *

Connecting rod A connecting rod, also called a 'con rod', is the part of a piston engine which connects the piston to the crankshaft. Together with the crank, the connecting rod converts the reciprocating motion of the piston into the rotation of the cranksha ...

, main, coupling, or side rod, in a reciprocating engine *

Control rod Control rods are used in nuclear reactors to control the rate of fission of the nuclear fuel – uranium or plutonium. Their compositions include chemical elements such as boron, cadmium, silver, hafnium, or indium, that are capable of absorbing ...

, used to control the rate of fission in a nuclear reactor *

Divining rod Dowsing is a type of divination employed in attempts to locate ground water, buried metals or ores, gemstones, oil, claimed radiations ( radiesthesia),As translated from one preface of the Kassel experiments, "roughly 10,000 active dowsers in ...

, two rods believed by some to find water in a practice known as dowsing *

Fishing rod A fishing rod is a long, thin rod used by anglers to catch fish by manipulating a line ending in a hook (formerly known as an ''angle'', hence the term "angling"). At its most basic form, a fishing rod is a straight rigid stick/pole with ...

, a tool used to catch fish, like a long pole with a hook on the end *

Lightning rod A lightning rod or lightning conductor (British English) is a metal rod mounted on a structure and intended to protect the structure from a lightning strike. If lightning hits the structure, it will preferentially strike the rod and be conducte ...

, 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 measuring rod is a tool used to physically measure lengths and survey areas of various sizes. Most measuring rods are round or square sectioned; however, they can also be flat boards. Some have markings at regular intervals. It is likely th ...

, a kind of ruler *

Switch (corporal punishment) A switch is a flexible rod which is typically used for corporal punishment. Switching is similar to birching. Punitive switching Switches are typically made of strong and flexible wood such as hazel, birch, or hickory. Willow branches are als ...

, a piece of wood as used as a staff or for corporal punishment, or a bundle of such switches *

Truss rod The truss rod is a component of a guitar or other stringed instrument that stabilizes the lengthwise forward curvature (also called ''relief'') of the neck. Usually, it is a steel bar or rod that runs through the inside of the neck, beneath the f ...

, 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 ''Röd'' (Swedish for ''Red'') is the eighth studio album by Swedish alternative rock band Kent. It was released as digital download exclusively through the band's website on 5 November 2009 and physically on 6 November 2009. The first single ...

'', a 2009 album by Swedish band Kent *

Rod Norman Roderick "Rod" Norman is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Christopher McHallem from July 28, 1987, to February 27, 1990. Rod the roadie, is a modern-day hobo. He dosses in squats and never settles anywhere ...

, a character in the soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Rod (''Avenue Q''), a character in the stage musical ''Avenue Q'' *

Rod Flanders The American animated television series '' The Simpsons'' contains a wide range of minor and supporting characters like co-workers, teachers, students, family friends, extended relatives, townspeople, local celebrities, and even animals. The wri ...

, 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

* Rod (given name) * Rod (surname) * Rød (surname) *

Dalel Singh Ror Dalel Singh Ror is an Indian volleyball player who received one of the country's highest sporting honors, the Arjuna Award, in 1990. Dalel Singh was born on 10 June 1956 into a Ror family of Amin village near Kurukshetra, in Haryana Haryana ...

Places

* Ród, a village in Tilişca Commune, Sibiu County, Romania *

Rød (disambiguation) Rød is the Norwegian and Danish word for the color " red". It is also a shortened version of the Norwegian dialect word ''røddning'' (or ''rødning''), meaning a cleared place. Rød may also refer to: People * Rød (surname), a list of many p ...

, several populated places in Norway *

Rőd, Aiton Aiton ( hu, Ajton; german: Eiten) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Aiton and Rediu (''Rőd''). Geography Mean altitude: 626 m (2054 ft). The presence of large deposits of halite a ...

, from the Hungarian name for Rediu, a village in Aiton Commune, Cluj County, Romania *

Rod, California Muroc (also, Rogers, Rod, Yucca, and Rodriguez) is a former settlement in Kern County, California in the Mojave Desert. It was located on Rogers Dry Lake east of Edwards, at an elevation of 2283 feet (696 m). Muroc still appeared on maps as ...

, a former settlement in Kern County *

Rod (river) The Rod is a left tributary of the river Apold in Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary ...

, a tributary of the Apold in Sibiu County, Romania

Science and technology

Cuisenaire rods Cuisenaire rods are mathematics learning aids for students that provide an interactive, hands-on way to explore mathematics and learn mathematical concepts, such as the four basic arithmetical operations, working with fractions and finding divi ...

, to teach children arithmetics *

Rod-shaped bacterium A bacillus (), also called a bacilliform bacterium or often just a rod (when the context makes the sense clear), is a rod-shaped bacterium or archaeon. Bacilli are found in many different taxonomic groups of bacteria. However, the name ''Bacill ...

, a shape of bacteria such as ''E. coli'' *

Rod (optical phenomenon) In cryptozoology and ufology, "rods" (also known as "skyfish", "air rods", or "solar entities") are elongated visual artifacts appearing in photographic images and video recordings. Some paranormal proponents claim them to be extraterrestri ...

, a photographic artifact claimed by some to be alien life *

Rod (unit) The rod, perch, or pole (sometimes also lug) is a surveyor's tool and unit of length of various historical definitions, often between approximately 3 and 8 meters (9 ft 10 in and 26 ft 2 in). In modern US customary unit ...

, an Imperial unit of length, also known as the ''pole'' or ''perch'' *

Rod cell Rod cells are photoreceptor cells in the retina of the eye that can function in lower light better than the other type of visual photoreceptor, cone cells. Rods are usually found concentrated at the outer edges of the retina and are used in p ...

, a cell found in the retina that is sensitive to light/dark (black/white) *

Real-time outbreak and disease surveillance Real-time outbreak and disease surveillance system (RODS) is a syndromic surveillance system developed by the University of Pittsburgh, Department of Biomedical Informatics. It is "prototype developed at the University of Pittsburgh where real-ti ...

(RODS) * rod, ISO 639-3 code for the Rogo language of Nigeria * Rate of descent (RoD), a measurement in aviation.

Other uses

* Ror is a Pure Hindu Kshatriya Indian Caste. *

Railway Operating Division The Railway Operating Division (ROD) was a division of the Royal Engineers formed in 1915 to operate railways in the many theatres of the First World War. It was largely composed of railway employees and operated both standard gauge and narro ...

, a division of the British Army's Royal Engineers * Record of Decision, a formal decision document issued by the United States government *

Rod (god) In the pre-Christian religion of Eastern and Southern Slavs, Rod (Slovenian, Croatian: Rod, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian Cyrillic: Род, Ukrainian Cyrillic: Рід) is the god of the family, ancestors and fate, perhaps ...

, a Slavic creator god * Rods (tarot suit) *

Roughly Obsess and Destroy Roughly Obsess & Destroy (abbreviated in writing as RO&D, spoken as R.O.D.) was a professional wrestling stable founded in 2003 in All Japan Pro Wrestling by Taka Michinoku, and later reformed in Pro Wrestling Noah as a tag team consisting of ...

, a professional wrestling stable * A

dowel A dowel is a cylindrical rod, usually made of wood, plastic, or metal. In its original manufactured form, a dowel is called a ''dowel rod''. Dowel rods are often cut into short lengths called dowel pins. Dowels are commonly used as structural r ...