(mathematics) One of a set of small bars, used by mathematicians in some Asian countries, placed either horizontally or vertically to represent any number and any fraction.

A rod or piece of iron used to ascertain the depth of water in a ship's hold. It is let down in a groove by a pump. / A probe used in urethral sounding

A rod in a structure holding together different parts.

Any of a number of metallic rods for holding a stair carpet in place.

Synonym of stair rod

A wooden rod shaped like a large T-square, used for establishing level surfaces.

(fishing) A long, flexible fishing rod with guide rings and a mounting bracket for a spinning reel.

A long zirconium tube, filled with pellets of uranium oxide, stacked in bundles inside a nuclear reactor as fuel.

Any of a number of steel tubes, containing boron or other neutron absorber, that are inserted into the core of a nuclear reactor in order to control its rate of reaction

Synonym of range pole