Rod

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

• 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, 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
• Ror, an Indian caste also known as "Rod"
• 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)