Shield (disambiguation)

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Shield may refer to:

[edit] Protection

• Shield, a hand-held protective device meant to intercept attacks
• Electromagnetic shielding
• Shielded cable
• 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Television and film

• In science fiction, a protective energy shield
  • and specifically shields in Star Trek
• S.H.I.E.L.D., a fictional agency in Marvel comics
• The Shield, a television police drama
• The Shield (Archie), a 1940s comic book character
• FA Community Shield, a British soccer trophy
• Shield, a song by Deep Purple

[edit] Fiction

• Shield (Artemis Fowl), a magical ability possessed by fairies

[edit] Places

• Shield Row, Durham, England
• Daddry Shield, Durham, England
• North Shields, and South Shields, Tyneside, England
• Shields River, a Yellowstone River tributary
• Shields Road, an underground station in Glasgow, Scotland
• Shields, Michigan, an unincorporated community in Saginaw, Michigan