OD
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Non abbreviated meanings of OD
- Od (Language) (also Oad, Oadki, Odki), a language of the OadOadOdh are a Muslim Rajput community and a tribe with origins in Sindh and Punjab in Pakistan and Rajasthan in India. The tribe has a distinct and unique history dating back thousands of years. They are considered to be of Muslim Rajput origin. However, not much is documented about this tribe...
people - Od, a life force - see Odic forceOdic forceThe Odic force is the name given in the mid-19th century to a hypothetical vital energy or life force by Baron Carl von Reichenbach...
- Od, a Nordic god - see ÓðrÓðrIn Norse mythology, Óðr or Óð, sometimes angliziced as Odr or Od, is a figure associated with the major goddess Freyja...
- Od, a replacement for "God" in some minced oathMinced oathA minced oath is an expression based on a profanity or a taboo term that has been altered to reduce the objectionable characteristics.Many languages have such expressions...
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Health and medicine
- Doctor of Optometry (O.D.)
- OverdoseDrug overdoseThe term drug overdose describes the ingestion or application of a drug or other substance in quantities greater than are recommended or generally practiced...
, typically consuming too much of a drug - omne in die - see "Once daily" - see also medical abbreviations used in prescriptions
- oculus dexter, a Latin term meaning "right eye" (oculus sinister means the left eye). Abbreviated OD and OS, these are most commonly used in prescriptions and other terminology in ophthalmologyOphthalmologyOphthalmology is the branch of medicine that deals with the anatomy, physiology and diseases of the eye. An ophthalmologist is a specialist in medical and surgical eye problems...
and optometryOptometryOptometry is a health care profession concerned with eyes and related structures, as well as vision, visual systems, and vision information processing in humans. Optometrists, or Doctors of Optometry, are state licensed medical professionals trained to prescribe and fit lenses to improve vision,...
. Ocularis dexter or ocular dexter means "pertaining to the right eye" and is also abbreviated OD. - Occupational diseaseOccupational diseaseAn occupational disease is any chronic ailment that occurs as a result of work or occupational activity. It is an aspect of occupational safety and health. An occupational disease is typically identified when it is shown that it is more prevalent in a given body of workers than in the general...
, the health effects from exposures associated with a particular occupation - Osteochondritis dissecansOsteochondritis dissecansOsteochondritis dissecans , often abbreviated to OCD or OD, is a joint disorder in which cracks form in the articular cartilage and the underlying subchondral bone. OCD is caused by blood deprivation in the subchondral bone. This loss of blood flow causes the subchondral bone to die in a process...
, a medical disease affecting the joints of both humans and animals
Basic science
- Oxygen Demand (biochemicalBiochemical oxygen demandBiochemical oxygen demand or B.O.D. is the amount of dissolved oxygen needed by aerobic biological organisms in a body of water to break down organic material present in a given water sample at certain temperature over a specific time period. The term also refers to a chemical procedure for...
, chemicalChemical oxygen demandIn environmental chemistry, the chemical oxygen demand test is commonly used to indirectly measure the amount of organic compounds in water. Most applications of COD determine the amount of organic pollutants found in surface water or wastewater, making COD a useful measure of water quality...
, theoreticalTheoretical oxygen demandTheoretical Oxygen Demand is the calculated amount of oxygen required to oxidize a compound to its final oxidation products. However, there are some differences between standard methods that can influence the results obtained: for example, some calculations assume that nitrogen released from...
) - Optical Density (absorbance)
Other
- od (Unix)Od (Unix)od is an octal dumping program for Unix and Unix-like systems. It can also dump hexadecimal or decimal data.od is one of the earliest Unix programs, having appeared in version 1 AT&T Unix. It is also specified in the POSIX standards...
, a Unix program - OD, Office DepotOffice DepotOffice Depot is a supplier of office products and provides many services. The company's selection of brand name office supplies includes business machines, computers, computer software and office furniture, while its business services encompass copying, printing, document reproduction, shipping,...
, a large 14,000 people US company for Office supplies - O.DO.D"O.D." is a song by the British industrial music/hard rock band Sunna- Track listing :#"O.D." - 5:32#"Grape " - 6:40#"Burning Holes " - 5:03#"O.D. Alpha Remix " - 5:37- Mislabel :...
, a song by the British industrial band Sunna - O.D. (musician)O.D. (musician)O.D. is one of the founders of the industrial/metal/electronic band Velcra. He has worked on samples/programming and guitars on the band's first two albums and is the main producer on their third album.-External links:*...
, a founding member of the Finnish industrial band Velcra - Object DesktopObject DesktopObject Desktop is a software subscription service created by Stardock for OS/2 and relaunched for Windows in 1997....
, a suite of skinning and customization programs by Stardock, or ObjectDockObjectDockObjectDock is a dock similar to that in the Aqua GUI. It is distributed by Stardock for Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista and 7, and comes in Free and Plus versions.- Features :...
, another program by the same company - Oblivion DustOblivion DustOblivion Dust is a Japanese post-grunge/alternative rock band very influenced by early 90’s American rock bands, but with a trademark sonority that makes the band unique...
, a Japanese rock band - Occupation DoubleOccupation DoubleOccupation Double is a Quebec reality show that started in 2003. It is broadcast by TVA and was the main competitor of the Quebec incarnation of Loft Story. Ultimately, it was more financially successful than its direct competition. A second edition of the show was aired in 2004 and a third edition...
, a Quebec reality show that started in 2003. - Odessa, TexasOdessa, TexasOdessa is a city in and the county seat of Ector County, Texas, United States. It is located primarily in Ector County, although a small portion of the city extends into Midland County. Odessa's population was 99,940 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Odessa, Texas Metropolitan...
, a small city in western Texas - Officer of the dayOfficer of the dayAt smaller military installations where no provost marshal has been assigned, the officer of the day is a detail rotated each day among the unit/post's commissioned officers to oversee security, guard, and law enforcement considerations...
- Official Dress in the popular agriculture club National FFA OrganizationNational FFA OrganizationThe National FFA Organization is an American youth organization known as a Career and Technical Student Organization, based on middle and high school classes that promote and support agricultural education...
- Old Diocesan, a former pupil of Diocesan CollegeDiocesan CollegeThe Diocesan College, or Bishops as it is more commonly known, is an independent, all-boys school situated in the suburb of Rondebosch in Cape Town, South Africa...
- Olive Drab, as in OD Green, this color is used in many firearms today
- On-demand (disambiguation)On-demand (disambiguation)* Certification on demand* Code on demand* Gaming on demand* Television on demand* Video on demand a type of video or movie service such as streaming Internet or pay-per-view television offerings, especially as offered by iN DEMAND....
, various products or services which becomes available soon after being requested - One Day Match, a type of shorter match in cricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
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- OpenDocumentOpenDocumentThe Open Document Format for Office Applications is an XML-based file format for representing electronic documents such as spreadsheets, charts, presentations and word processing documents....
, the only ISO acknowledged standard document file format - Optical discOptical discIn computing and optical disc recording technologies, an optical disc is a flat, usually circular disc which encodes binary data in the form of pits and lands on a special material on one of its flat surfaces...
- Order of DistinctionOrder of distinctionThe Order of Distinction in Jamaica is the fifth in order of precedence of the Orders of Societies of Honour, which were instituted by an Act of Parliament – The National Honours and Awards Act.The Motto of the Order is "Distinction Through Service"....
, a civil honour of Jamaica - Ordnance DatumOrdnance DatumIn the British Isles, an Ordnance Datum or OD is a vertical datum used by an ordnance survey as the basis for deriving altitudes on maps. A spot height may be expressed as AOD for "above ordnance datum". Usually mean sea level is used for the datum...
, a vertical datum used in Great Britain as the basis for deriving altitudes on maps - Organization developmentOrganization developmentOrganization development is a new term which means a conceptual, organization-wide effort to increase an organization's effectiveness and viability...
- Original danceOriginal danceThe original dance was a segment of an ice dancing competition. It was usually the second of three programs, sandwiched between the compulsory dances and the free dance. Until 1994, it was known as the original set pattern dance...
, the second part of an ice dancing competition - Orphei DrängarOrphei DrängarOrphei Drängar is a Swedish male choir and singing society founded in 1853, based in Uppsala and one of the two notable singing societies traditionally affiliated with the university there...
, a Swedish male choir - Outside diameter, a dimension commonly used to specify the size of tubing or pipe
- Pentium OverDrivePentium OverDriveThe Pentium OverDrive was a microprocessor marketing brand name used by Intel, to cover a variety of consumer upgrade products sold in the mid 1990s. It was originally released for 486 motherboards, and later some Pentium sockets...
, a brand of CPUs formerly produced by Intel - OverdriveOverdrive- Music :* Overdrive , a Serbian band* Overdrive, a Swedish band featuring Janne Stark* Overdrive , an album by Fastlane* Overdrive, an album by Aphrodite* "Overdrive" * "Overdrive"...