Shard or
sherd
This page is a glossary of archaeology, the study of the human past from material remains.
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is a sharp piece of glass, pottery or stone.
Shard may also refer to:
Places
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Shard End, a place in Birmingham, United Kingdom
Architecture
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Dresden Shard, a redesign of the Bundeswehr Military History Museum in Dresden, Germany
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The Shard
The Shard, also referred to as the Shard London Bridge and formerly London Bridge Tower, is a 72-storey mixed-use development supertall pyramid-shaped skyscraper, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, in Southwark, London, that for ...
, a skyscraper in London, United Kingdom
Arts, entertainment, and media
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Shard (comics), a character in the Marvel Comics universe
* Rex Shard, a character in ''
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron''
* "The Shard", a chapter in ''
Mirror's Edge''
Science and technology
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Shard (database architecture), a method of horizontal partitioning in a database
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Elytron
An elytron (; ; : elytra, ) is a modified, hardened forewing of beetles (Coleoptera), though a few of the true bugs (Hemiptera) such as the family Schizopteridae are extremely similar; in true bugs, the forewings are called hemelytra (sometimes ...
or shard, a forewing found on some insect species
See also
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Lauren Bell (cricketer), nicknamed The Shard
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Shared (disambiguation)
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