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Rod meaning
A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff. | A longitudinal pole used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent. | A long slender usually tapering pole used for angling; fishing rod.
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A Y- or L-shaped twig or rod, called a dowsing rod, divining rod (Latin: virgula divina or baculus divinatorius), a "vining rod" or witching rod is sometimes used during dowsing, although some dowsers use other equipment or no equipment at all.
Absorbing more neutrons in a control rod means that there are fewer neutrons available to cause fission, so pushing the control rod deeper into the reactor will reduce its power output, and extracting the control rod will increase it.
A rod effective for trolling should have relatively fast action, as a very "whippy" slow action rod is extremely frustrating to troll with, and a fast action (fairly stiff) rod is generally much easier to work with when fishing by this method.
Fishing with a fishing rod A fishing rod is a long, flexible rod used to catch fish.
Rod twist is minimized by orienting the rod guides along the side of the rod with the most 'give'.
A 4.5-inch diameter rod string is used and the cyclone is cleaned at the end of every 6m rod as caking occurs from the mandatory use of dust suppression equipment.
In order to bait a rod, players first have to have upgraded to a rod that has a slot for bait.
Johnston, who owns Lakeview Rod & Custom, a hot rod and custom shop in Salmon Arm, told the Observer he was blown away by the turnout and the amount raised.
The Drone Station costs one osmium rod, one fusion cell, one super alloy rod, and three circuit boards, a material that was also added with the Fish and Drones update.
Although you’ll need to purchase a rod separately (many used a tension rod), this divider comes with silver grommets with an inner diameter of 1.6 inches for hanging and sliding open and closed.
Playing out the show was crooner Rod, who kicked off the performance with I Don't Wanna Talk About It, which Rod joked was for Jack's mum Hilary.
As a TiRod, T’Rod, Tie God, Tide-Rod watcher the past few years, Baker will be more fun to watch and he has a decent team around him.
Butcher, who drives the No. 53 Atlantic Tiltload hot rod out of Porters Lake, and Truro’s Blenkhorn in the No. 67 Quinn Flooring hot rod, swapped the lead eight times during the 14 lap shootout to end the night, rubbing doors several times.
I was hanging a pump rod that I am going to use as a curtain rod on the sun porch.
There are two sides to the NFL’s own “GIF” argument: TUH-rod, and TIE-rod.
You’ll also need a rescue rope, an ice-fishing rod (which is shorter than a regular rod) and bait.
Action is also subjectively used by anglers, as an angler might compare a given rod as "faster" or "slower" than a different rod.
Alternative to employing a power valve, the carburetor may utilize a metering rod or step-up rod system to enrich the fuel mixture under high-demand conditions.
A "medium" action bamboo rod may have a faster action than a "fast" fibreglass rod.
As Canion was popular with company workers, 150 employees staged an impromptu protest with signs stating "We love you Rod." and taking out a newspaper ad saying "Rod, you are the wind beneath our wings.