lod

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English

Alternative forms

Noun

lod (plural lods)

  1. (statistics) Initialism of 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 probability that the hypothesis is false.
    • 1999, Jurg Ott, Analysis of Human Genetic Linkage, →ISBN, page 66:
      Some computer programs furnish p-values rather than maximum lod scores.
    • 2001, Anatoly Ruvinsky, J. Sampson, The Genetics of the Dog, →ISBN, 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.
    • 2004, T. Strachan, Andrew P. Read, Human Molecular Genetics 3, →ISBN, 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).

Anagrams

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese lod, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahud, from Proto-Austronesian *lahud.

Noun

lod (Balinese script ᬮᭀᬤ᭄)

  1. sea
    Synonym: pasih

Derived terms

Further reading

  • lod” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary , Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province .

Danish

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German lōt, from Old Saxon lōd, from Proto-West Germanic *laud.

Pronunciation

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
Declension of lod
neuter
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lod loddet lodder lodderne
genitive lods loddets lodders loddernes

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Noun

lod n or 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

Verb

lod

  1. imperative of lodde

Etymology 4

See lade (to let, leave, have).

Pronunciation

Verb

lod

  1. past of lade

Further reading

French

Etymology

Old French lod, from Late Latin levita, from levātus.

Pronunciation

Noun

lod m (plural lods)

  1. (feudalism) sales tax on feudal land paid to a seigneur

Further reading

Kamkata-viri

Alternative forms

  • lot (Eastern Kata-viri, Kamviri)

Etymology

Borrowed from Bactrian λαδο (lado, law).

Pronunciation

Noun

lod (Western Kata-viri)

  1. peace
  2. settlement

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “l′od”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon
  • Jakob Halfmann (2023) Lād "law": a Bactrian loanword in the Nuristani languages, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, United Kingdom, page 1

Lower Sorbian

lod

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

lod m inan (diminutive lodk)

  1. ice (water in frozen form)

Declension

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “lod”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “lod”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Verb

lod

  1. first/second-person singular preterite absolute of téit

Verb

·lod

  1. first/second-person singular preterite conjunct of téit

Mutation

Mutation of lod
radical lenition nasalization
lod
also llod in h-prothesis environments
lod
pronounced with /l-/
lod
also llod

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahud, from Proto-Austronesian *lahud. Doublet of lahut (sea) and lor (north).

Noun

lod

  1. sea
    Synonyms: abdhi, arṇawa, ernawa, jaladhi, lahut, pasir, pasisi, raktākāra, ratnakara, ratnadukara, sāgara, samudra, saraswat, sindhu, tasik, udadhi

Descendants

  • Balinese: ᬮᭀᬤ᭄ (lod, sea)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish lodh, from Middle Low German lot, from Old Saxon lōd, from Proto-West Germanic *laud.

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

Derived terms

References