# Rod

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

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==Devices== 
* [Birch rod](/source/Birch_rod), made out of twigs and or wood from birch or other trees for corporal punishment
* [Ceremonial rod](/source/Ceremonial_rod), used to indicate a position of authority
* [Connecting rod](/source/Connecting_rod), main, coupling, or side rod, in a reciprocating engine
* [Control rod](/source/Control_rod), used to control the rate of fission in a nuclear reactor
* [Divining rod](/source/Divining_rod), two rods believed by some to find water in a practice known as dowsing
* [Fishing rod](/source/Fishing_rod), a tool used to catch fish, like a long pole with a hook on the end
* [Lightning rod](/source/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](/source/Measuring_rod), a kind of ruler
* [Switch (corporal punishment)](/source/Switch_(corporal_punishment)), a piece of wood used as a staff or for corporal punishment, or a bundle of such switches
* [Truss rod](/source/Truss_rod), a steel part inside a guitar neck used for its tension adjustment

==Arts and entertainment==
* ''[Read or Die](/source/Read_or_Die)'', a Japanese anime and manga
** [''Read or Die'' (OVA)](/source/Read_or_Die_(OVA)), an original video animation based on the manga
** ''[Read or Dream](/source/Read_or_Dream)'', a manga set in the ''Read or Die'' universe
** ''[R.O.D the TV](/source/R.O.D_the_TV)'', a 26-episode anime series
* ''[Röd](/source/R%C3%B6d)'', a 2009 album by Swedish band Kent
* [The Rods](/source/The_Rods), American heavy metal band
* [Rod Norman](/source/Rod_Norman), a character in the soap opera ''EastEnders''
* [Rod (''Avenue Q'')](/source/Rod_(Avenue_Q)), a character in the stage musical ''Avenue Q''
* [Rod Flanders](/source/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](/source/Coup_d'Etat_(G-Dragon_album))''

==People==
* [Rod (given name)](/source/Rod_(given_name))
* [Rod (surname)](/source/Rod_(surname))
* [Rød (surname)](/source/R%C3%B8d_(surname))

==Places==
* [Ród](/source/R%C3%B3d), a village in Tilişca Commune, Sibiu County, Romania
* [Rød (disambiguation)](/source/R%C3%B8d_(disambiguation)), several populated places in Norway
* [Rőd, Aiton](/source/R%C5%91d%2C_Aiton), from the Hungarian name for Rediu, a village in Aiton Commune, Cluj County, Romania
* [Rod, California](/source/Rod%2C_California), a former settlement in Kern County
* [Rod (river)](/source/Rod_(river)), a tributary of the Apold in Sibiu County, Romania

==Science and technology==
* [Cuisenaire rods](/source/Cuisenaire_rods), to teach children arithmetics
* [Rod-shaped bacterium](/source/Rod-shaped_bacterium), a shape of bacteria such as ''E. coli''
* [Rod (optical phenomenon)](/source/Rod_(optical_phenomenon)), a photographic artifact claimed by some to be alien life
* [Rod (unit)](/source/Rod_(unit)), an Imperial unit of length, also known as the ''pole'' or ''perch''
* [Rod cell](/source/Rod_cell), a cell found in the retina that is sensitive to light/dark (black/white)
* [Real-time outbreak and disease surveillance](/source/Real-time_outbreak_and_disease_surveillance) (RODS)
* rod, ISO 639-3 code for the [Rogo language](/source/Rogo_language) of Nigeria
* [Rate of descent](/source/Rate_of_descent) (RoD), a measurement in aviation

==Other uses==
*[Railway Operating Division](/source/Railway_Operating_Division), a division of the British Army's Royal Engineers
*[Record of Decision](/source/Record_of_Decision), a formal decision document issued by the United States government
*[Rod (god)](/source/Rod_(god)), a Slavic creator god 
*[Rods (tarot suit)](/source/Rods_(tarot_suit))
*[Roughly Obsess and Destroy](/source/Roughly_Obsess_and_Destroy), a professional wrestling stable
*[Ror](/source/Ror), an Indian caste also known as "Rod"
*A [dowel](/source/dowel)
*A [firearm](/source/firearm)

==See also==
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* [DeRodd](/source/The_Corner), DeAndre McCullough's brother, on ''The Corner''
* [Hrod (disambiguation)](/source/Hrod_(disambiguation))
* [Hot rod](/source/Hot_rod), often also referred to as "rod"
* [Pole (disambiguation)](/source/Pole_(disambiguation))
* [Rodd](/source/Rodd), a surname
* [Rood (disambiguation)](/source/Rood_(disambiguation))
* [Staff (disambiguation)](/source/Staff_(disambiguation))
* [Stick (disambiguation)](/source/Stick_(disambiguation))
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