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2. Rod (unit) - Wikipedia

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   The rod is useful as a unit of length because integer multiples of it can form one acre of square measure (area). The 'perfect acre' [2] is a rectangular area of 43,560 square feet, bounded by sides 660 feet (a furlong) long and 66 feet (a chain) wide (220 yards by 22 yards) or, equivalently, 40 rods by 4 rods. An acre is therefore 160 square ...

3. Bending - Wikipedia

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   For example, a closet rod sagging under the weight of clothes on clothes hangers is an example of a beam experiencing bending. On the other hand, a shell is a structure of any geometric form where the length and the width are of the same order of magnitude but the thickness of the structure (known as the 'wall') is considerably smaller. A large ...

4. Measuring rod - Wikipedia

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   A rod is the same length as a perch or a pole. [24] In Old English, the term lug is also used. The length is equal to the standardized length of the ox goad used for teams of eight oxen by medieval English ploughmen. [25] The lengths of the perch (one rod unit) and chain (four rods) were standardized in 1607 by Edmund Gunter.

5. Rood (unit) - Wikipedia

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   A rectangle that is one furlong (i.e., 10 chains, or 40 rods) in length and one rod in width is one rood in area, as is any space comprising 40 perches (a perch being one square rod). The vergée was also a quarter of a Normandy acre, and was equal to 40 square perches (1 Normandy acre = 160 square perches).

6. What College Football Playoff game is today? Ohio State ...

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   The second College Football Playoff seminal features a Big Ten vs. SEC matchup between Ohio State and Texas. A look at how the teams match up.

7. Sir Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood remember ‘groundbreaking ...

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   Sir Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood, who conquered the US in the late 60s with Jeff Beck and The Jeff Beck Group, have led tributes to the rock veteran following his death at the age of 78.