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A wand is a thin, straight, hand-held stick of wood, ivory, or metal.
Wand or magic wand may also refer to:
People
edit- Bruce Wands, an American digital artist and educator
- Günter Wand, a German orchestra conductor and composer
- Hart Wand, an early white American blues musician and composer from Oklahoma City
- John W C Wand, an Anglican archbishop of Brisbane, Australia
- Seth Wand, an American football offensive tackle
- Walter Rudi Wand, a German judge
- Wand Bewossen, a military figure in Ethiopian history
- Wanderlei Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist
Music
edit- Wand (band), an American psychedelic rock band
- Wands (band), a 3-member Japanese rock music group
- Wand Records, a record company
- "The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)," a song by The Flaming Lips
- Magic Wands, a band from Los Angeles, CA
Media
edit- WAND (TV), an NBC affiliate in Decatur, Illinois
- "The Wand", an episode of Adventure Time on season one DVD
- "The Wand" (The Amazing World of Gumball), an episode of The Amazing World of Gumball
- Magic Wand (software), a word-processing program for CP/M-based computers first released in 1979
- Nyko Wand, a 3rd-party alternative to the Wii Remote
- Magic Wand Speak & Learn, an electronic educational toy introduced in 1982 by Texas Instruments
Erotic
edit- Wand vibrator, a type of vibrator
- Hitachi Magic Wand, a well-known brand of wand vibrator
- Prince's wand, a piece of body piercing jewellery
- Violet wand, a device used for the application of low current, high voltage, high frequency electricity to the body
Other uses
edit- Suit of wands, a card suit used in tarot
- Wand (Wall), a 1994 painting by Gerhard Richter
- Women's Action for New Directions, a nonprofit organization
- Magic Wand (missile defense), or David's Sling, an Israeli-American interception system
- Magic wand, a selection tool in image-editing software
- Magic wand, an operator in separation logic
- W And, a variable star