Reed

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Reed or Reeds may refer to:

Science, technology, biology, and medicine

• Reed bird (disambiguation)
• Reed pen, writing implement in use since ancient times
• Reed (plant), one of several tall, grass-like wetland plants of the order Poales
• Reed reaction, in chemistry
• Reed receiver, an outdated form of multi-channel signal decoding
• Reed relay, one or more reed switches controlled by an electromagnet
• Reed switch, an electrical switch operated by an applied magnetic field
• Reed valve, restricts the flow of fluids to a single direction
• Reed (weaving), a comb like tool for beating the weft when weaving
• Reed's law, describes the utility of large networks, particularly social networks
• Reed–Solomon error correction, a systematic way of building codes that can be used to detect and correct multiple random symbol errors
• Reed–Sternberg cell, related to Hodgkin's disease

Organizations

• Reed (company), offering employment-related services (UK)
• Reed and Stem, former architecture firm St. Paul, Minnesota
• Reed Arena, a sports arena in College Station, Texas
• Reed College, Portland, Oregon
  • Reed Research Reactor, a research nuclear reactor at the college
  • Reed, Portland, Oregon, the surrounding neighborhood
• Reed-Custer High School, in Braidwood, Illinois
• Reed Elsevier, a publishing company
  • Reed Construction Data
  • Reed Business Information
• Reed Exhibitions, trade fairs and convention organizing company
• Reed family, family of Mark E. Reed
• Reeds Jewelers, a U.S. retail jewelry company
• Reed High School (disambiguation)
• Reed House (disambiguation), several
• Reed Middle School (disambiguation), several
• Reed Plantation, Maine, United States
• Reed Publishing, a New Zealand publishing house
• Reed's, Inc., manufactures naturally brewed sodas, California, United States
• Records of Early English Drama (REED), a theatre research centre at the University of Toronto, Canada

People

• Reed (name), a surname or given name
• Reed (surname), a list of people with the surname

Places

Cities and towns

• Reed, Arkansas, United States
• Reed, Kentucky, United States
• Reeds, Virginia, United States
• Reed, Wisconsin, United States
• Reed City, Michigan, United States
• Reed-Cooke, a neighborhood in Washington DC, United States
• Reed Creek, Georgia, United States
• Reed, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
• Reed, Norway
• Reeds Branch, a stream in Missouri
• Reed Point, Montana, of statistical meaning only
• Reed Plantation, Maine, United States
• Reed Township, Pennsylvania, United States

Historic interest

• Reed-Wood Place, a historic site Littleton, Massachusetts
• Reed's Creek Farm, a historic home Maryland, United States
• Reed and Barton Complex, a historic industrial complex in Taunton, Massachusetts
• Reed Gold Mine, defunct, in Midland, North Carolina
• Reed Memorial Library, Carmel, New York, United States

Other uses

• Reed Airport (disambiguation)
• Reed v. Reed, a United States Supreme Court case (Equal Protection case)
• Reed's Regiment of Militia, a military unit in the U.S. war of independence
• Reeding, the process or effect of creating "reeds" around the edges of coins, furniture, and architectural columns
• Reed (mouthpiece), the vibrating piece in woodwind musical instrument
  • Double reed
  • Quadruple reed
• Reed pipe, a type of organ pipe, as distinct from a flue pipe

See also

• Reid (disambiguation)
• Reed-Muller (disambiguation)
• Justice Reed (disambiguation)