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 or "Fulgure" in French.
• Rod (god), a Slavic god
• Rods (Tarot Suit)
• Railway Operating Division
• Fishing rod
• Measuring rod, a kind of ruler
• 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

Rod may also be:

• Eubacterium with the shape of a rod; a bacillus in the loose sense
• Penis (slang)
• Gun (slang)

Abbreviation ROD

• ROD or Ring of Death, a common malfunction of the Xbox 360.
• Record of Decision.
• Read Or Die, a Japanese anime and manga.

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 announcer, best known for The Price is Right
• Rod Blagojevich, 40th Governor of Illinois (2003-2009)

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