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A '''rod''' is a unit of [[length]], equal to 5.5 yards, 11 [[cubit]]s, 5.0292 [[metre]]s, 16.5 [[foot (unit of length)|feet]], or {{Fraction|1|320}} of a [[statute mile]]. A '''rod''' is the same length as a '''perch'''<ref>A perch is also a unit of area of land = 1 square rod, and a unit of cubic measure of stonework, usually = 16.5 feet by 1 foot by 1.5 feet = 24.75 cubic feet.</ref> and a '''pole'''. The lengths of the '''perch''' (one rod) and '''[[Chain (unit)|chain]]''' (four rods) were standardized in 1607 by [[Edmund Gunter]].
The length is equal to the standardized length of the [[ox goad]] used by [[medieval]] English ploughmen; fields were measured in [[acres]] which were one [[chain (length)|chain]] (four rods) by one [[furlong]] (in the United Kingdom, ten chains).
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