Shield (disambiguation)
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Protection
- Shield, a hand-held protective device meant to intercept attacks
- Electromagnetic shielding
- Shielded cable
- Energy shield
- Deflector shield, a protective energy field
- Heat shield, which protects a spacecraft or ballistic missile
- Cold shield, used to protect from radiative heating
- Human shield, the use of civilians to deter an attack in warfare
- Lead shielding
- Radiation shield, protects from ionizing radiation
- Shielding effect, in chemistry, is a reduction in the effective nuclear charge
- Tunnelling shield, used in excavation through soft soil
- Dalkon Shield
- Riot shield, used by police forces around the world for crowd control purposes
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