lod
noun
lod is a noun meaning “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…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-O-D, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of lod is lods.
What does lod mean?
noun
- 1
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.
noun
- 1
Initialism of level of detail.
noun
- 1
Initialism of limit of detection; the smallest concentration that can be detected using a specific method.
- 2
Alternative letter-case form of lod (“logarithm of odds”).
- 3
Initialism of level of detail.
- 4
Initialism of length of day.
- 5
Initialism of line of duty; an official determination of whether something occurred in the line of duty.
- 6
Initialism of linked open data.
- 7
Initialism of line of dance; a counterclockwise direction for circuiting the dance floor.
- 8
Initialism of last order date, part of the product lifecycle.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of lod
- lods plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is lod?
Lod appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).