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rods, plural;
  1. A thin straight bar, esp. of wood or metal

  2. A wand or staff as a symbol of office, authority, or power

  3. A slender straight stick or shoot growing on or cut from a tree or bush

  4. A stick used for caning or flogging

  5. The use of such a stick as punishment
    • - if you'd been my daughter, you'd have felt the rod
  6. vulgar. A penis

  7. A fishing rod

  8. A linear measure, esp. for land, equal to 51/2 yards (approximately 5.029 m)

  9. A square measure, esp. for land, equal to 160th of an acre or 301/4 square yards (approximately 25.29 sq m)

  10. A pistol or revolver

  11. A light-sensitive cell of one of the two types present in large numbers in the retina of the eye, responsible mainly for monochrome vision in poor light

  1. a long thin implement made of metal or wood
  2. any rod-shaped bacterium
  3. perch: a linear measure of 16.5 feet
  4. perch: a square rod of land
  5. a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light
  6. gat: a gangster's pistol
  7. Röd (Swedish for "Red") is the eighth studio album by Swedish alternative rock band Kent. It was released as digital download exclusively through the band's website on November 5, 2009, and physically on November 6, 2009. ...
  8. Rød is a village on the island Asmaløy in Hvaler municipality, Norway. Its population (SSB 2005) is 330. It's also the Norwegian name of the colour red.
  9. A perch is as a unit of measurement used for length, area, and volume in a number of systems of measurement. Its name derives from the Ancient Roman unit, the pertica.
  10. Rod is a puppet and fictional character from the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Avenue Q. He was originally played on Broadway by John Tartaglia and then Barrett Foa, and on the West End of London by Jon Robyns. On Broadway, Foa was replaced in 2006 by Howie Michael Smith. ...
  11. Rod cells, or rods, are photoreceptor cells in the retina of the eye that can function in less intense light than can the other type of photoreceptor, cone cells. Named for their cylindrical shape, rods are concentrated at the outer edges of the retina and are used in peripheral vision. ...
  12. Rod in geometry is a three-dimensional, solid (filled) cylinder.
  13. A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff; A long slender usually tapering pole used for angling; fishing rod; A stick, pole, or bundle of switches or twigs (such as a birch), used for personal defense or to administer corporal punishment by whipping; An implement resembling and/or ...
  14. (rods) one type of specialized light-sensitive cells (photoreceptors) in the retina that provide peripheral vision and the ability to see objects in dim light, used extensively for night vision. The rods lie outside the fovea in the more peripheral parts of the retina. ...
  15. or ROSWELL RODS - Rods, a rather new entry in the field of Cryptozoology, are creatures said to flit about in the air at such a high speed as to not be seen by the naked eye. Rods appear to be observational artifacts produced by rapidly flying animals. ...
  16. (rods) Light receptors in primates' eyes that provide vision in dim light.
  17. (rods) A subtype of photoreceptor found in the vertebrate retina. Rods are more sensitive to light than cones are responsible for vision under dim illumination.
  18. (Rods) Used to describe cylindrical, pencil-thick sticks of glass used primarily in flameworking and glass bead making. They are available in a wide color range and many expansion coefficients.
  19. (Rods) One of the two types of light-sensitive cells, located primarily in the side areas of the retina (also see cones). There are about 125 million rods , which are responsible for visual sensitivity to movement, shapes, light and dark (black and white) and the ability to see in dim light.
  20. (RODS) Return of Documents Service
  21. (RODS) Trousers. ‘I dropped my rods and flashed a brown eye*.’
  22. (Rods) (1977) Promo (Live & Out-takes)
  23. (Rods) A suit in the Minor Arcana of the Tarot that typically represent creative direction, social activities, action, and enterprise. Rods correspond with the element of fire. Also referred to as Wands.
  24. (Rods) A type of retinal light-sensitive cell which gives us night vision. They are mostly clustered around the retinal periphery. They do not detect color or a great deal of detail. See also Cones
  25. (Rods) Drawrods beneath a frieght train.