Definition of rods Rods
/ɹɑˈdz/ - [radz] -
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What does rods mean?
Wiktionary 
- rods (Noun)
Plural of rod.
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| rod - a long thin implement made of metal or wood | ||
| implement instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end | ||
| wand, baton a rod used by a magician or water diviner | ||
| baton a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir | ||
| connecting rod a rod that transmits motion (especially one that connects a rotating wheel to a reciprocating shaft) | ||
| control rod a steel or aluminum rod that can be moved up or down to control the rate of the nuclear reaction | ||
| fishing pole, fishing rod a rod of wood or steel or fiberglass that is used in fishing to extend the fishing line | ||
| kickstand a swiveling metal rod attached to a bicycle or motorcycle or other two-wheeled vehicle; the rod lies horizontally when not in use but can be kicked into a vertical position as a support to hold the vehicle upright when it is not being ridden | ||
| pole a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic | ||
| ramrod a rod used to ram the charge into a muzzle-loading firearm | ||
| ramrod a rod used to ram the charge into a muzzle-loading firearm | ||
| rotating shaft, shaft a revolving rod that transmits power or motion | ||
| shaft a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow) | ||
| stair-rod a rod that holds a stair-carpet in the angle between two steps | ||
| tie rod either of two rods that link the steering gear to the front wheels | ||
| rod - a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light | ||
| rod cell, retinal rod | ||
| visual cell one of the cells of the retina that is sensitive to light | ||
| retina the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve | ||
| rod - any rod-shaped bacterium | ||
| bacteria, bacterium (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants | ||
| rod - a linear measure of 16.5 feet | ||
| perch, pole | ||
| linear measure, linear unit a unit of measurement of length | ||
| furlong | ||
| britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, great britain a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom | ||
| rod - a gangster's pistol | ||
| gat | ||
| handgun, pistol, shooting iron, side arm a firearm that is held and fired with one hand | ||
| rod - a square rod of land | ||
| perch, pole | ||
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Wiktionary
- rod (Noun)
A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff. - rod (Noun)
A long slender usually tapering pole used for angling; fishing rod . - rod (Noun)
A stick, pole, or bundle of switches or twigs such as a birch, used for personal defense or to administer corporal punishment by whipping. - rod (Noun)
An implement resembling and/or supplanting a rod particularly a cane that is used for corporal punishment, and metonymically called the rod, regardless of its actual shape and composition. - rod (Noun)
A stick used to measure distance, by using its established length or task-specific temporary marks along its length, or by dint of specific graduated marks. - rod (Noun)
An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod , surveyor's rod , leveling rod , ranging rod . The modern engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5½ yards. - rod (Noun)
A unit of area equal to a square rod , 30¼ square yard s or 1/160 acre. - rod (Noun)
A straight bar that unites moving parts of a machine, for holding parts together as a connecting rod or for transferring power as a drive-shaft. - rod (Noun)
Short for rod cell , a rod-shaped cell in the eye that is sensitive to light. - rod (Noun)
Any of a number of long, slender microorganisms. - rod (Noun)
A stirring rod: a glass rod, typically about 6 inches to 1 foot long and 1/8 to 1/4 inch in diameter that can be used to stir liquids in flasks or beakers. - rod (Noun)
A pistol; a gun. - rod (Noun)
A penis; the male rod . - rod (Noun)
A hot rod , an automobile or other passenger motor vehicle modified to run faster and often with exterior cosmetic alterations, especially one based originally on a pre-1940s model or currently denoting any older vehicle thus modified. - rod (Noun)
Rod-shaped objects which appear in photographs and videos traveling at high speed, not seen by the person recording the event, often associated with extraterrestrial entities. - rod (Noun)
A Cuisenarie rod .
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- rod (n.)
A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes). - rod (n.)
An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively, chastisement. - rod (n.)
A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence, figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression. - rod (n.)
A support for a fishing line; a fish pole. - rod (n.)
A member used in tension, as for sustaining a suspended weight, or in tension and compression, as for transmitting reciprocating motion, etc.; a connecting bar. - rod (n.)
An instrument for measuring. - rod (n.)
A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; -- called also perch, and pole.
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A photoreceptor cell in the retina of the eye that can function in less intense light than can the other type of photoreceptor, cone cells. -
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A straight, round stick, shaft or bar. -
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A long thin implement made of metal or wood.
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The connecting and coupling bars of the steam-engine. (See SOUNDING-ROD.)
Wikipedia 
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A rod, a perch or a pole is a unit of length in the imperial and US systems.
In mediæval times English ploughmen used wooden a stick with a pointed tip to spur or guide their oxen. The rod was the length of this stick. In 1607 Edmund Gunter standardised this length.
The rod is still in use as a unit of measure in certain specialised fields. In recreational canoeing, overland paths where canoes must be carried are measured in rods. This is probably because the length of a typical canoe is about one rod. In the United Kingdom, the some gardens are measured in rods.
Popular culture and trivia.
In the episode of "The Simpsons" entitled "A Star is Burns", Grampa Simpson said "My car gets forty rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I likes it!" That's about 1.2 litres per metre, 12 feet per imperial gallon or 10 feet per U.S. gallon.
