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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Rods (0.01039 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Rods.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: rod
batang, tangkai
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: rod
rod
n 1: a linear measure of 16.5 feet [syn:
perch,
pole]
2: a long thin implement made of metal or wood
3: any rod-shaped bacterium
4: a square rod of land [syn:
perch,
pole]
5: visual receptor cell sensitive to dim light [syn:
rod cell,
retinal rod]
6: a gangster's pistol [syn:
gat]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Rod
Rod
\Rod\, n. [The same word as rood. See
Rood.]
1. A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender
bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).
Specifically:
(a) An instrument of punishment or correction;
figuratively, chastisement.
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He that spareth his rod hateth his son. --Prov.
xiii. 24.
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(b) A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence,
figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression.
“The rod, and bird of peace.” --Shak.
(c) A support for a fishing line; a fish pole. --Gay.
(d) (Mach. & Structure) 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.
(e) An instrument for measuring.
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2. A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; --
called also
perch, and
pole.
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Black rod. See in the Vocabulary.
Rods and cones (Anat.), the elongated cells or elements of
the sensory layer of the retina, some of which are
cylindrical, others somewhat conical.
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