Term: reed: a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it
Broader: mechanical device: mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles | Unrelated: bacteroidaceae: family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals; sometimes associated with acute infective processes
Broader: mechanical device: mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles | Unrelated: tailoring: the occupation of a tailor
Broader: mechanical device: mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles | Unrelated: information theory: (computer science) a statistical theory dealing with the limits and efficiency of information processing
Broader: mechanical device: mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles | Unrelated: sports medicine: the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of injuries or illness resulting from athletic activities
Broader: mechanical device: mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles | Unrelated: actinolite: a green mineral of the amphibole group; calcium magnesium iron silicate
Broader: mechanical device: mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles | Unrelated: sheet lighting: lightning that appears as a broad sheet; due to reflections of more distant lightning and to diffusion by the clouds
Broader: mechanical device: mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles | Unrelated: metrification: writing a metrical composition (or the metrical structure of a composition)
Broader: mechanical device: mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles | Unrelated: taxonomy: (biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification
Broader: mechanical device: mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles | Unrelated: barter: an equal exchange
Broader: mechanical device: mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles | Unrelated: dail eireann: the lower house of the parliament of the Irish Republic