Rod 49794 221822993 2008-06-26T07:21:19Z Hebrides 1264145 [[WP:UNDO|Undid]] revision 221816951 by [[Special:Contributions/Jewl99|Jewl99]] ([[User talk:Jewl99|talk]]) {{Wiktionary|rod}} '''Rod''' may mean: *[[Rod (geometry)]], a straight and slender stick; a wand; a cylinder; hence, any slender bar *[[Rod cell]], a cell found in the retina that is sensitive to light/dark (black/white) *[[Rod (length)]], an Imperial unit of length, also known as the ''pole'' or ''perch'' *[[Rod (cryptozoology)]], observational artifacts produced by rapidly flying animals *[[Rod (god)]], a Slavic god *[[Rods (Tarot Suit)]] *[[Railway Operating Division]] *[[Fishing rod]] *[[Lightning rod]] *[[Connecting rod]], in an internal combustion engine *[[Divining rod]], two rods believed by some to find water in a practice known as dowsing *[[Birch rod]], made out of twigs from birch or other trees for corporal punishment *[[Switch (rod)]], a piece of wood as used as a staff or for corporal punishment, or a bundle of such switches *[[Ring of Death]], a common malfunction of the Xbox 360 '''Rod''' may also be: *[[Bacteria|Eubacterium]] with the shape of a rod; a [[bacillus#Word ambiguity|bacillus]] in the [[bacteria#Morphology|loose sense]] *[[Penis]] (slang) *[[Gun]] (slang) ==People with the given name Rod== Often as an abbreviation of such names as '''Roderick''' and '''Rodney''': *[[Rod Stewart]], rock musician *[[Rod Laver]] (born 1938), Australian former tennis player *[[Rod Steiger]] (1925–2002), American actor *[[Rod Flanders]], a fictional character on ''The Simpsons'' *[[Rod From Avenue Q]], a character in the stage musical Avenue Q *[[Rod Serling]], Creator of the 1960's show ''The Twilight Zone'' *[[Rod Quantock]], Australian stand-up comedian *[[Rod Roddy]], Game show annoouncer, best known for The Price is Right ==People with the surname Rod== *[[Edouard Rod]], French-Swiss novelist, 1857-1910 *[[Johnny Rod]], American bass guitar player ==See also== *[[Hrod]] *[[Dowel]] *[[Hot rod]], often also referred to as 'rod' *[[Pole]] *[[Rebar]] *[[Rood]], an old English unit equal to quarter an acre *[[Stick]], any long object *[[Structural steel]] *R.O.D., an acronym for the [[Read or Die]] anime {{disambig}} [[bs:Rod (čvor)]] [[cs:Rod]] [[da:Rod]] [[de:Rod]] [[es:Rod]] [[eo:ROD]] [[hr:Rod]] [[it:ROD]] [[ja:ロッド]] [[pl:Rod]] [[simple:Rod]] [[sh:Rod]] [[vi:Rod]]