rod

(rŏd)
n.

1. A thin straight piece or bar of material, such as metal or wood, often having a particular function or use, as:
   1. A fishing rod.
   2. A piston rod.
   3. An often expandable horizontal bar, especially of metal, used to suspend household items such as curtains or towels.
   4. A leveling rod.
   5. A lightning rod.
   6. A divining rod.
   7. A measuring stick.
2. A shoot or stem cut from or growing as part of a woody plant.
3. 1. A stick or bundle of sticks or switches used to give punishment by whipping.
   2. Punishment; correction.
4. A scepter, staff, or wand symbolizing power or authority.
5. Power or dominion, especially of a tyrannical nature: "under the rod of a cruel slavery" (John Henry Newman).
6. (Abbr. rd)
   1. A linear measure equal to 5.5 yards or 16.5 feet (5.03 meters). Also called pole.
   2. The square of this measure, equal to 30.25 square yards or 272.25 square feet (25.30 square meters).
7. Bible. A line of family descent; a branch of a tribe.
8. Anatomy. Any of various rod-shaped cells in the retina that respond to dim light.
9. Microbiology. An elongated bacterium; a bacillus.
10. Slang. A pistol or revolver.
11. A portion of the undercarriage of a train, especially the drawbar under a freight car. Often used in the plural: ride the rods.

[Middle English rodd, from Old English.]

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perch, pole

length BI, US-C ¼chain = 5½yd(5.029 2~ m); see inch for greater details, including reference to the coast rod or survey rod of 5.5 × 36/39.37 m = 5.029 210 06~ m.

Canada See also perche.

Linear unit of measurement equal to 16 1 ⁄ 2 feet.

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A linear unit of measurement equal to 16 1 ⁄ 2 feet.


Example: A certain lot has 165 feet, or 10
rods, of road frontage.

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noun

A relatively long, straight, rigid piece of metal or other solid material: bar, bloom², shaft, slab, stick. See thing.

1. In plastering, a straightedge, usually of wood, for leveling the face of a wall.
2. A solid (metal, wood, or plastic) product that is long in relation to its cross section.
3. A leveling rod.

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[Ar]

Term applied to a type of Mesolithic microlith found especially in northwestern Europe. Rods are rounded forms of microliths retouched along the edges.

To convert from rods to:

chain (Gunter's), multiply by .25.
meters, multiply by 5.029.
feet, multiply by 16.5.

Convert:  Into:  chain (Gunter's) meters feet

Result:

Related measurements:
rods (surveyor's measure)

IN BRIEF: n. - A gangster's pistol; A long thin implement made of metal or wood; A linear measure of 16.5 feet.

Every rod or staff of empire is truly crooked at the top — Francis Bacon, Source: Pan, sive Natura

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noun
noun, mainly US

1: The (erect) penis. (1902 —) .
E. Pound His rod hath made god in my belly (1934).

2: A gun; a pistol or revolver. (1903 —) .
J. Carroll I ain't getting my ass blown off because you're stupid. You won't get near Zorelli with a rod anyways (1978).

3: N Amer The draw-rod of a railway coach or truck. (1904 —) .
D. Stiff We beat it on the run....Some rode the rods on passengers, While some blew out on freights (1931).

4: mainly US = hot rod noun. (1945 —) .
J. Gores A two-bit Mission District auto and accessory dealer who specialized in old cars for conversion to dune buggies, drag cars, rods, and the like (1972). verb intr.

5: to rod up US To arm oneself with a gun or guns. (1929 —) .

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or rod

a rod-shaped light-sensitive cell of the vertebrate retina. Rod cells contain rhodopsin or (in freshwater and migratory fish and some amphibians) porphyropsin, and are responsible for vision in dim light. They occupy all of the margin of the retina and are absent from the fovea. Each is a highly specialized cell with an outer and inner segment, a cell body, and a synaptic region where the rod passes a chemical signal to retinal nerve cells. Phototransduction occurs in the outer segment, which contains a stack of rhodopsin-rich membrane disks. The plasma membrane of the outer segment contains cyclic-GMP-gated Na⁺ channels. These are kept open in the dark by cyclic GMP molecules bound to the channels. Metarhodopsin II, i.e. rhodopsin activated by a photon, activates transducin, a G-protein, which then activates a cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase, reducing the cellular level of cyclic GMP to initiate a nerve impulse in the optic nerve. Compare cone cell.

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A straight, slim mass of substance; specifically, one of the retinal rods; are highly specialized cylindrical segments of the neuroepithelial visual cells containing rhodopsin and modified to receive, transduce and transmit visual stimuli; together with the retinal cones, they form the light-sensitive elements of the retina. See also cone (1).

• r.–cone dysplasia — an inherited defect in dogs, particularly Irish setters, Elkhounds and Miniature poodles, causing a progressive retinal atrophy with impairment of night vision, then day vision starting at an early age. There are differences in the ultrastructural and biochemical features in each breed, but generally rods are more severely affected than cones. See also progressive retinal atrophy.
• olfactory r. — the slender apical portion of an olfactory bipolar neuron, a modified dendrite extending to the surface of the epithelium.

n

A straight, slim, cylindric form of material, usually metal.

For a list of words related to rod, see:

• Physiology - rod: visual cell of retina of eye sensitive to low levels of light
• Nuclear and Particle Physics - rod: control rod in nuclear reactor
• U.S. System - rod: unit of linear measure equal to 5.5 yards or 16.5 feet (5.029 m)
• Building and Machine Parts - rod: straight, rigid piece of wood or metal
• Hardware and Supplies - rod: length of straight, thin metal or other hard material for securing or connecting objects
• Guns and Firearms - rod: Slang. pistol, revolver
• Airframe and Engines - rod: thin strip of filler metal used to seal welded joint
• Internal Combustion Engine - rod: connecting rod
• Fishing Equipment and Tackle - rod: fishing rod
• Anatomy and Physiology of Sex - rod: Vulgar slang. penis

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - stav, stang, kæp, ris, spanskrør, skyder

idioms:

• make a rod for one's own back    binde ris til egen røv

Nederlands (Dutch)
stok, stang, roe, hengel, lengtemaat van 5, 5 meter

Français (French)
n. - (Tech) tige, tringle, baguette, canne à pêche, bâton de commandement, (Mes) perche, bâtonnet (rétinien), (US) flingue, (US) bite (vulg)
v. tr. - fixer des tiges, aplanir (le plâtre, le mortier) avec une tige, (Métal) renforcer avec des tiges

idioms:

• make a rod for one's own back    s'attirer des ennuis

Deutsch (German)
n. - Stange, Stab, (Slang) Schießeisen, Stäbchen, Rute
v. - mit Blitzableitern versehen, durchstoßen, durch Metallstäbe verstärken

idioms:

• make a rod for one's own back    sich selbst eine Rute aufbinden

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ράβδος, βέργα, βίτσα, μοχλός, καλάμι ψαρέματος, (μτφ.) σωματική τιμωρία
v. - καθαρίζω με βέργα

idioms:

• make a rod for one's own back    σκάβω τον ίδιο μου το λάκκο

Italiano (Italian)
asta, frusta, canna da pesca

idioms:

• make a rod for one's own back    scavarsi la fossa

Português (Portuguese)
n. - vareta (f), haste (f), caniço (m)

idioms:

• make a rod for one's own back    arranjar lenha para se queimar

Русский (Russian)
прут, стержень, брус, удочка

idioms:

• make a rod for one's own back    пилить сук на котором сидишь, наказать самого себя

Español (Spanish)
n. - barra, varilla, vara, azote, caña
v. tr. - colocar pararrayos, alisar (revoque) con una barra

idioms:

• make a rod for one's own back    hacer algo contraproducente, crearse dificultades

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - käpp, metspö, spira, (sl) revolver, (sl) bil, (sl) penis
v. - spöa, aga

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
竿, 小枝, 笞鞭

idioms:

• make a rod for one's own back    自讨苦吃

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 竿, 小枝, 笞鞭

idioms:

• make a rod for one's own back    自討苦吃

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 어린가지, 막대

idioms:

• make a rod for one's own back    화를 자초하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 棒, 釣りざお, むち, むち打ち, ロッド, 権威, 避雷針

idioms:

• make a rod for one's own back    自ら災難を招く

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قضيب, عصا, عقوبه (فعل) يعاقب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מוט, קנה, מקל, הכאה, עונש, חכה (לדיג), רוד (מידת-אורך - כחמישה מטר), אקדח, כל אחד מהמבנים בצורת מוט בעין, המבחינים באור עמום‬

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