title: Rod
text: # 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
  