English

Proper noun

Lod

1. A city in Israel

Synonyms

• Lydda (old name for the city)

Anagrams

• DLO, DOL, dol, LDO, old

English

Noun

lod ‎(plural lods)

1. (statistics, initialism) Logarithm of odds; A measure of likelihood calculated by taking the log of the ratio of the probability of a hypothesis being true given the observed data over the probablity that the hypothesis is false.
   • 1999, Jurg Ott, Analysis of Human Genetic Linkage, ISBN 0801861403, page 66:

     Some computer programs furnish p-values rather than maximum lod scores.

   • 2004, T. Strachan & ‎Andrew P. Read, Human Molecular Genetics 3, ISBN 0815341849, page 406:

     Note that only recombinantion fractions between 0 and 0.5 are meaningful, and that all lod scores are zero at (theta)=0.5 (because they are then measuring the ratio of two identical probabilities, and log₁₀(1)=0).

   • 2001, Anatoly Ruvinsky & ‎J. Sampson, The Genetics of the Dog, ISBN 0851990789, page 336:

     Markers were analysed in decreasing order of informativeness; a marker was only added to the map when it could be localized to a unique interval with a lod score of >= 3.0.

Danish

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German lōt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔd/, [lʌð]
• Rhymes: -oð

Noun

lod n (singular definite loddet, plural indefinite lodder)

1. plumb bob
2. lead (plummet to measure depth of water)
3. sinker (weight used in fishing)
4. lot (weight unit). A Danish lod was 15.6 grams. In this sense the plural is lod.

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hlutr. Compare Old English hlot (English lot).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔd/, [lʌð]

Noun

lod n, c ‎(singular definite loddet or lodden, plural indefinite lodder)

1. ticket n
2. lot, prize n
3. fate, lot c
4. portion, share c
5. lot, plot c

Etymology 3

See lodde ‎(“to solder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔd/, [lʌðˀ]

Verb

lod

1. imperative of lodde

Etymology 4

See lade ‎(“to let, leave, have”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loːd/, [loðˀ]

Verb

lod

1. past tense of lade

Lower Sorbian

lod

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ledъ. Cognate with Upper Sorbian lód, Polish lód, Czech led, Russian лёд ‎(ljod), Old Church Slavonic лєдъ ‎(ledŭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lɔt]

Noun

lod m ‎(diminutive lodk)

1. ice (water in frozen form)

Declension

Old Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ledъ

Noun

lod m

1. ice

Descendants

• Polish: lód

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish lodh, from Middle Low German lot, from Proto-Germanic *laudą. Cognate with German Lot, English lead

Noun

lod n

1. a plumb bob, a plummet, a weight (hanging)
   1. a tool used to determine the depth of water
   2. a tool used in construction to find a vertical line
   3. a weight used to power a clock
   4. a weight used in a loom
   5. a weight used in a steelyard balance
   6. a piece of metal used to heat a (non-electric) flat iron
2. solder (metal used in soldering)
3. a lot; an old weight unit corresponding to 1/30 or 1/32 pound

Declension

Related terms

References

• lod in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• lod in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
• lod in Walter E. Harlock, Svensk-engelsk ordbok : skolupplaga (1964)