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If the observer applies his standard measuring-rod (a rod which is short as compared with the radius of the disc) tangentially to the edge of the disc, then, as judged from the Galileian system, the length of this rod will be less than I, since, according to Section 12, moving bodies suffer a shortening in the direction of the motion.

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  1. noun A thin straight piece or bar of material, such as metal or wood, often having a particular function or use, as:
  2. noun A fishing rod.
  3. noun A piston rod.
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  • It was like riding a bicycle; you never forgot how He had a pretty good stretch of line out, but his rod was a nine-foot spun diamond; it had flex enough to load the whole reelfull if he could keep from snagging it in a tree or looping it back on itself. —  Analog, April 2002
  • The weight at the end of the rod is arranged so as to afford secure footing for two persons, should that number reach it; and there are also, as I said before, large rope beckets, through which others can thrust their head and shoulders, till assistance is rendered. —  The Lieutenant and Commander
  • It might have been seen that the rod was attached to a thin wire Ham's sword was aimed at one of their attackers' throats. —  051 - Mad Eyes
  • An ancient gift from Master Malzra, artificer and matchmaker, the rod was a Capashen heirloom. —  Loren L
  • You could get what they call a rod for ten bob, I dare say. —  The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story
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  1. Middle English rodd, from Old English.

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  1. from Middle English rod, rodde (with short vowel; orig. with long vowel, rōd, rōde, later English rood), from Anglo-Saxon rōd, a rod, pole, also a measure of land, a cross, the (holy) rood, a crucifix, = Old Saxon rōda, ruoda, a cross, = OFries, rōde, a gallows, = Dutch roede, a rod, measuring-pole, perch, = Middle Low German rōde, rūde, Low German rode, roode = Old High German ruota, Middle High German ruote, German ruthe, rute, a rod, pole, a rod of land, = Icelandic rōtha, a rood, crucifix (Middle Latin roda); perhaps akin to L. rudis, a rod, staff, radius, staff, spoke, ray (see radius, ray), Sanskrit √ rudh, Zend √ rud, grow. Doublet of rood.
  2. from rod, n.
 

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