Reed

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Contents 1 Musical instruments 2 Science, technology, biology, and medicine 3 Organizations 4 People 5 Places 5.1 Cities and towns 5.2 Historic interest 6 Transportation 7 Other uses 8 See also

Reed may refer to:

[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), grass-like plant growing in shallow water or on marshy ground
• 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

[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
  • Reed Construction Data
  • Reed Business Information
  • Reed Infomedia India
• 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), either 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

• Reed Airport (disambiguation), several

[edit] Other uses

• Reed v. Reed, a United States Supreme Court case
• Reed's Regiment of Militia, fought in the U.S. war of independence

[edit] See also

• Reid (disambiguation)

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