Reed or Reeds may refer to:

Science, technology, biology, and medicine

Reed bird (disambiguation) Reed bird may refer to: * Reed bunting * Pallas's reed bunting * Eurasian reed warbler {{disambiguation Animal ...

* Reed pen, writing implement in use since ancient times *

Reed (plant) Reed is a common name for several tall, grass-like plants of wetlands. Varieties They are all members of the order Poales (in the modern, expanded circumscription), and include: In the grass family, Poaceae * Common reed ('' Phragmites austr ...

, one of several tall, grass-like wetland plants of the order Poales * Reed reaction, in chemistry * Reed receiver, an outdated form of multi-channel signal decoding * Reed relay, one or more reed switches controlled by an electromagnet *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 The reed switch is an Electromechanics, electromechanical switch operated by an applied magnetic field. It was invented in 1922 by professor Valentin Kovalenkov at the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University#Soviet era, Petrogra ...

, 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 Reed College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1908, Reed is a residential college with a campus in the Eastmoreland, Portland, Oregon, E ...

, 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 * Lerners Building, also known as Reed's, Los Angeles, California

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 A double reed is a type of reed used to produce sound in various wind instruments. In contrast with a single reed instrument, where the instrument is played by channeling air against one piece of cane which vibrates against the mouthpiece and ...

** Quadruple reed * Reed pipe, a type of organ pipe, as distinct from a flue pipe