ROD

'Rod' may mean:

★ 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 (unit), an Imperial unit of length, also known as the ''pole'' or ''perch''

★ Rod (cryptozoology), observational artifacts produced by rapidly flying animals

★ Rod (god), a Slavic god

★ Rod (publisher), a music label from 1950s and 1960s Louisiana

★ Rods (Tarot Suit)

★ Switch (rod), a piece of wood as used as a staff or for corporal punishment, or a bundle of such switches

★ Railway Operating Division

★ Fishing rod

★ 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
'Rod' may also be:

★ Eubacterium with the shape of a rod

★ Penis (slang)

★ Gun (slang)

Contents

People with the given name Rod

People with the surname Rod

See also

People with the given name Rod

Often as an abbreviation of such names as 'Roderick' and 'Rodney':

★ Rod Stewart, rock musician

★ Rod Laver (born 1938), Australian former tennis player

★ Rod Steiger (1925–2002), American actor

★ Rod Flanders, a fictional character on ''The Simpsons''

★ Rod From Avenue Q, a character in the stage musical Avenue Q

People with the surname Rod

★ Edouard Rod, French-Swiss novelist, 1857-1910

★ Johnny Rod, American bass guitar player

See also

★ Dowel

★ Hot rod, often also referred to as 'rod'

★ Pole

★ Rebar

★ Rood, an old English unit equal to quarter an acre

★ Stick, any long object

★ Structural steel

★ R.O.D., an acronym for the Read or Die anime