Shield (disambiguation)

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A shield is a hand-held protective device meant to intercept attacks.

Shield may also refer to:

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Cold shield, used to protect an object from radiative heating
Electromagnetic shielding, the use of conductive material to block electromagnetic fields
Shielded cable, electrical conductors enclosed by a conductive layer
Radiation shield, protection against ionizing radiation
Lead shielding, the use of lead as a form of radiation protection

Shield nickel, the first United States five cent piece to be made out of copper-nickel
Écu ("shield" in French), unit of currency, historically used in France
Escudo ("shield" in Portuguese and Spanish), unit of currency, historically used in Portugal, Spain and their former colonies. It is still used in Cape Verde to this day
Scudo ("shield" in Italian), unit of currency, historically used in several former Italian states, in Malta and in Bolivia

Shield Nunatak, a prominent nunatak in Antarctica
Shield (geology), a large area of exposed rocks that is tectonically stable
Shield Volcano, a type of volcano usually built almost entirely of fluid lava flows.
Hydraulic shield, erosion on water courses erode smaller particles of soil, until the remaining (the larger ones) protect the soil from hydraulic erosion.

Shield, a 1963 science-fiction novel by Poul Anderson
The Shield, a television police drama
- The Shield (video game), based on the television series
S.H.I.E.L.D., a fictional agency in the Marvel comics universe
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., a television series based on the Marvel comics
Shield (Archie Comics), one of several fictional patriotic superheroes
Shield (Artemis Fowl), in the Artemis Fowl novel series, a magical ability possessed by fairies
Scyld Scefing (or Shield Sheafson), a legendary Danish king in the epic poem Beowulf
"Shield" (song), a song by Deep Purple on the album The Book of Taliesyn

Baskerville Shield, a trophy awarded to the winner of rugby league test series between Great Britain and New Zealand
County Antrim Shield, a Northern Irish football competition
County Championship Shield, formed in 2008 and originally played for by second tier teams in the RFU County Championship
FA Community Shield, a British soccer trophy
IFA Shield, an annual football competition organized by the Indian Football Association
Indonesian Community Shield, a pre-season football competition held the week before the season begins in Indonesia every year
Istanbul Shield, a soccer tournament which organised between 1930 and 1939
J.J. Giltinan Shield, an Australian rugby league football trophy
Johan Cruijff Shield, a football trophy in the Netherlands named after legendary Dutch football player Johan Cruyff, also often referred to as the Dutch Super Cup
League Leader's Shield, a trophy awarded to the team finishing the season top of Super League in the sport of rugby league football
MLS Supporters' Shield, an annual award given to the Major League Soccer team with the best regular season record, as determined by the MLS points system
Sheffield Shield, a perpetual shield awarded to the Australian state cricket team that wins the final
Thacker Shield, a rugby league football trophy awarded to the winner of a match between the champion clubs of the Canterbury Rugby League and West Coast Rugby League
The Shield (professional wrestling), a professional wrestling stable in WWE

The Nvidia range of Android-based gaming products with the Shield Portable and the Shield Tablet.
A device which adds functionality to an Arduino or other microcontroller development board

Shield (heraldry), the principal portion of a coat of arms
Shielding effect, in chemistry, reduced attraction of electrons to an atomic nucleus
Highway shield, a sign displaying the name and/or number of the road along which it is placed
Scutum, a small constellation near the celestial equator