Rod
# Rod

Rod, Ror, 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)
* Dalel Singh Ror

## 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

* Ror is a Pure Hindu Kshatriya Indian Caste.
* 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
* A dowel
* A firearm
