Shield (disambiguation)
Shield may refer to:
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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
Things
- Shield (heraldry), the principal portion of a coat of arms
- Shield (geology), a large region of exposed Precambrian basement rock mass, usually at the centre of a continent
- Badge, which is called a "shield" in North American slang
- Shields sailboat, a sailboat class
- U.S. Route shield
Television
- The Shield, a television police drama
Music
- Shield, a song by Deep Purple
Fiction and legend
- In science fiction, a protective energy shield
- and specifically shields in Star Trek
- Shield (Artemis Fowl), a magical ability possessed by fairies
- S.H.I.E.L.D., a fictional agency in Marvel comics
- The Shield (Archie), a 1940s comic book character
- Scyld Scefing (or Shield Sheafson), a legendary Danish king in the epic poem Beowulf
Places
- Shield Row, Durham, England
- Daddry Shield, Durham, England
Other
- FA Community Shield, a British soccer trophy
- The Shield (video game) a video game based on the television series of the same name
See also
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