Rod, 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 used to strike the recipient's bare buttocks, although occasionally 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, 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

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

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 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 ...

, 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 In aeronautics, the rate of climb (RoC) is an aircraft's vertical speed, that is the positive or negative rate of altitude change with respect to time. In most ICAO member countries, even in otherwise metric countries, this is usually expressed ...

(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 * Ror, an Indian caste also known as "Rod" *A dowel *A