lod

Alternative forms

• LOD

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, 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

• 'old, DLO, DOL, LDO, dol, old

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German lōt.

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

See lodde (“to solder”).

Etymology 4

See lade (“to let, leave, have”).

Further reading

• lod on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Lod (vægtenhed) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔt/

Noun

lod m (diminutive lodk)

1. ice (water in frozen form)

Further reading

• lod in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
• lod in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l͈oð/

Verb

lod

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

·lod

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

Mutation

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ledъ

Noun

lod m

1. ice

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

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)