Rod

The word Rod may have one of the following meanings.

A rod is a straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).
Rods are light-sensitive cells in the retina of the eye. See rod cell.
The rod is an Imperial unit of length, also known as the pole or perch. It is equal to 5.5 yards or 16.5 feet; 5.029 metres.
The rod is supposedly a species of creature that flits about in the air at such a high speed as to not be seen by the naked eye, but which can be caught on video. See: Rod (cryptozoology).
Edouard Rod was a French-Swiss novelist, 1857-1910.
Rod was a Slavic god
Rod is a character in the stage musical Avenue Q

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