transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈräd ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English rodd; akin to Old Norse rudda club
Date: before 12th century
1.
a.
(1) : a straight slender stick growing on or cut from a tree or bush
(2) : osier
(3) : a stick or bundle of twigs used to punish ; also : punishment
(4) : a shepherd's cudgel
(5) : a pole with a line and usually a reel attached for fishing
b.
(1) : a slender bar (as of wood or metal)
(2) : a bar or staff for measuring
(3) : scepter ; also : a wand or staff carried as a badge of office (as of marshal)
2.
a. : a unit of length — see weight table
b. : a square rod
3. : any of the long rod-shaped photosensitive receptors in the retina responsive to faint light — compare cone 3a
4. : a rod-shaped bacterium
5. slang : handgun
• rod·less -ləs adjective
• rod·like -ˌlīk adjective