# Reed

Reed or Reeds may refer to:

## Science, technology, biology, and medicine

* Reed bird (disambiguation)
* Reed pen, writing implement in use since ancient times
* Reed (plant), 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* Reed receiver, an outdated form of multi-channel signal decoding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, 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, 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
** Quadruple reed
* Reed pipe, a type of organ pipe, as distinct from a flue pipe