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Lod

Lod

See also: lod, LoD, LOD, loď, lód, lóð, and löd

English

Proper noun

Lod

  1. A city in Israel

Synonyms

  • Lydda (old name for the city)

Anagrams

lod

lod

See also: Lod, LoD, LOD, loď, lód, lóð, and löd

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


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

Inflection of lod 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lod lodet lod loden
Genitive lods lodets lods lodens

Related terms

  • armborstlod
  • ekolod
  • klocklod
  • loda
  • lodbild
  • lodled
  • lodlina
  • lodlinje
  • lodning
  • lodplan
  • lodriktning
  • lodrät
  • lodrätt
  • lodstreck

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