It is an abbrevation for Common Era and is an alternative to the  naming of the calendar era of AD. BCE (Before Common Era) and CE  are the numerical equivalents of the ca â¦ lendar eras of BC (Before  Christ) and AD ('Anno Domini'). 632 CE means the same as 632 AD.
A Rod A rod is a unit of distance equal to 5.5 yards or 16.5 feet.
On one of your rods, make ten marks about 1/4 inch wide and one inch apart. You now have a Scale, on one of your rods, of ten units. Having located a water source, to find its depth, hold one rod about 5 degrees below the horizontal and mentally instruct it to swing to the left for No and to the right for Yes.