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

Devices

  • Birch rod, made out of twigs and or wood 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)

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

  • 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
  • Ror, an Indian caste also known as "Rod"
  • A dowel
  • A firearm

See also

  • DeRodd, DeAndre McCullough's brother, on The Corner
  • Hrod (disambiguation)
  • Hot rod, often also referred to as "rod"
  • Pole (disambiguation)
  • Rodd, a surname
  • Rood (disambiguation)
  • Staff (disambiguation)
  • Stick (disambiguation)