Meaning of RODS
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 Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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A set of rods, made of bone or other material, each divided
into nine spaces, and containing the numbers of a column of
the multiplication table; -- a contrivance of Baron Napier,
the inventor of logarithms, for facilitating the operations
of multiplication and division.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Long, slender structures within the retina that perceive faint light. Also, rod-shaped bacteria (bacilli). |
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| Glossary |
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| | Definition: | | cells of the retina of the eye that are sensitive to the presence or absence of light; function in black-and-white vision. ~ |
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