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For the surname, see Rood (surname). Rood is a surname and may refer to Denise Rood (born 1955 violinist John Rood (21st century American politician
"rood" is also the Dutch word for "red". Dutch ( is a West Germanic language spoken by around 24 million people 22 million of which are from the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname Red is any of a number of similar Colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of Light discernible by the human eye in the wavelength

Rood has several distinct meanings, all derived from the same basic etymology. Etymology is the study of the History of Words &mdash when they entered a language from what source and how their form and meaning have changed over time

"Rood" is an archaic word for "pole", from Anglo-Saxon rōd "pole", specifically "crucifix", from Proto-Germanic *rodo, cognate to Old Saxon rōda, Old High German ruoda "rod"; the relation of rood to rod, from Anglo-Saxon rodd "pole" is unclear; the latter was perhaps influenced by Old Norse rudda "club"). A crucifix (from Latin cruci fixus meaning "(one fixed to a cross" is a cross with a representation of Jesus ' body or corpus Proto-Germanic, or Common Germanic, is the hypothetical common ancestor ( Proto-language) of all the Germanic languages such as modern English Old Saxon, also known as Old Low German ( ISO 639 -3 code osx) is the earliest recorded form of Low German, documented from the 9th century The rod is a unit of Length equal to 55 Yards 11 Cubits 50292 Meters 16 Old Norse is the North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age

Measurement of area or length

Specifically, rood is an Old English unit of area, equal to quarter of an acre, i. English unit is the American name for a unit in one of a number of systems of Units of measurement, some obsolete and some still in use in present-day USA, the The acre is a unit of Area in a number of different systems including the imperial and U e. 10 890 square feet or 1011.7141056 m² (for the international inch) or about 10. The square foot is an Imperial unit / US customary unit (non- SI non- metric) of Area, used mainly in the United States To help compare sizes of various objects we list here Areas between 1000 and 10000 m² (1000 square metres and 1 Hectare) Inches redirects here To see the Les Savy Fav album see Inches. 1 are. Conversions One are is equivalent to Metric 00001 km2 (square kilometres 0 A rectangular area with edges of one furlong and one rod respectively is one rood, as is an area consisting of 40 perches (square rods. A furlong is a measure of Distance in Imperial units and US customary units. The rod is a unit of Length equal to 55 Yards 11 Cubits 50292 Meters 16 A perch is as a Unit of measurement used for length area and volume in a number of different systems of measurement ) It is confusingly called an acre in some ancient contexts. The rood is an important measure in surveying on account of its easy conversion with the acre. Surveying is the technique and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional space Position of points and the distances and angles between Rood also refers to a British unit of linear measure between 16. 5 and 24 feet. It is related to the German Rute (12. 36 to 12. 47 feet) and Denmark's rode (12. 34 feet)[1]

References

  1. ^ Herbert Arthur Klein. (1988). The Science of Measurement: A Historical Survey. New York: Dover. A corrected republication of The World of Measurements: Masterpieces, Mysteries and Muddles of Metrology published by Simon & Schuster in 1974 and by George Allen & Unwin in 1975. 65–66.

See also

Holy Rood Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic Church located on King Street in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom A Scottish rood ( ruid in Lowland Scots, ròd in Scottish Gaelic) was a land measurement of Anglo-Saxon origin The rod is a unit of Length equal to 55 Yards 11 Cubits 50292 Meters 16

Dictionary

rood

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  1. (archaic) A crucifix.
  2. A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre.
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