Reed
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Reed may refer to:
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[edit] Musical instruments
- Single-reed instrument, a woodwind instrument that uses only one reed to produce sound
- Double reed instrument, a woodwind instrument that uses two reeds to produce sound
- Reed (instrument), a thin strip of cane or similar material which vibrates in wind instruments
- Reed organ, an organ that generates its sounds using free metal reeds
[edit] Science, technology, biology, and medicine
- Reed (plant), one of several tall, grass-like wetland plants of the order Poales
- Reed bird, Reed Bunting or Pallas's Reed Bunting
- Reed-Sternberg cell, related to Hodgkin's disease
- Reed (weaving), a comb like tool for beating the weft when weaving
- 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 reaction, in chemistry
- Reed pen, writing implement in use since ancient times
- 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
[edit] Organizations
- Reed Brennan Media Associates in comic strips and columns
- Reed College, Portland, Oregon
- Reed Research Reactor, a research nuclear reactor at the College
- Reed (company), offering employment-related services (UK)
- Reed Elsevier, the publishing company
- Edward C. Reed High School, Sparks, Nevada
- Reed Publishing, a New Zealand publishing house
- Reed House (disambiguation), several
- Reed's, Inc., manufactures naturally brewed sodas, California, United States
- Reed Plantation, Maine, United States
- Reed Middle School (disambiguation), several
- Reed-Custer High School, in Braidwood, Illinois
- Reed Arena, a sports arena in College Station, Texas
- Reed and Stem, former architecture firm St. Paul, Minnesota
- Records of Early English Drama (REED), a theatre research centre at the University of Toronto, Canada
[edit] People
- Reed (name), a human surname or given name
[edit] Places
[edit] Cities and towns
- Reed, Arkansas, United States
- Reed, California, United States
- Reed, California, former name of Ostrom, California
- Reed City, Michigan, United States
- Reed-Cooke, a neighbourhood in Washington DC, United States
- Reed Creek, Georgia, United States
- Reed, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
- Reed, Norway, see Reed (name)#In Norway
- Reed Point, Montana, of statistical meaning only
- Reed Plantation, Maine, United States
- Reed Township, Pennsylvania, United States
[edit] 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
[edit] Transportation
[edit] Other uses
- 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
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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