Rod

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

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
 * 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