It is an abbrevation for Common Era and is an alternative to the  naming of the calendar era of AD. BCE (Before Common Era) and CE  are the numerical equivalents of the ca â¦ lendar eras of BC (Before  Christ) and AD ('Anno Domini'). 632 CE means the same as 632 AD.
A Rod A rod is a unit of distance equal to 5.5 yards or 16.5 feet.
This means that 1 meter is the standard used for the measurement of the length and that measured length is 5 times greater than the length of 1 meter. The unit of measurement is defined as the standard used for the measurement of the physical quantity. In the above example of the length of the rod, meter is the unit of measurement of length, while the number 5 which gives the amount of the length is called as magnitude of length.