Rod
Rod may refer to:
- Rod (geometry), a straight and slender stick; a wand; a cylinder; hence, any slender bar
- Rod cell, a cell found in the retina that is sensitive to light/dark (black/white)
- Rod (length), an Imperial unit of length, also known as the pole or perch
- Rod (cryptozoology), observational artifacts produced by rapidly flying animals or "Fulgure" in French.
- Rod (god), a Slavic god
- Rods (Tarot Suit)
- Rod, California
- Fishing rod
- Measuring rod, a kind of ruler
- Lightning rod
- Connecting rod, in an internal combustion engine
- Divining rod, two rods believed by some to find water in a practice known as dowsing
- Birch rod, made out of twigs from birch or other trees for corporal punishment
- Switch (rod), a piece of wood as used as a staff or for corporal punishment, or a bundle of such switches
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Abbreviation ROD
- Railway Operating Division
- ROD or Ring of Death, a common malfunction of the Xbox 360
- Record of Decision
- Read or Die, a Japanese anime and manga, see also R.O.D
People with the given name Rod
Often as an abbreviation of such names as Roderick and Rodney:
- Rod, a character in the stage musical Avenue Q
- Rod Blagojevich, 40th governor of Illinois (2003-2009)
- Rod Downey, author
- Rod Flanders, a fictional character on The Simpsons
- Rod Laver (born 1938), Australian former tennis player
- Rod O'Dell, UK environmentalist
- Rod Pugh, fugitive
- Rod Quantock, Australian stand-up comedian
- Rod Roddy, game show announcer, best known for The Price is Right
- Rod Serling, creator of 60's show The Twilight Zone
- Rod Steiger (1925–2002), American actor
- Rod Stewart, rock musician
People with the surname Rod
- Edouard Rod, French-Swiss novelist, 1857-1910
- Johnny Rod, American bass guitar player
- A-Rod, nickname for professional baseball player, Alex Rodriguez
- A-Rod, also nickname for American professional tennis player, Andy Roddick
Related
- Dowel
- Hot rod, often also referred to as 'rod'
- Hrod
- Pole
- Rebar
- Rood, an old English unit equal to quarter an acre
- Stick, any long object
- Structural steel