Rod Explained

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

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

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

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.

Railway Operating Division, a division of the British Army's Royal Engineers
Raywood railway station, Australia
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
A dowel
A firearm