Seal

Seal most commonly refers to:

• Pinniped, a diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals, many of which are commonly called seals, particularly:
  • Earless seal, or "true seal"
  • Fur seal
• Seal (emblem), an emblem used as a means of authentication; both an impression in paper, wax, clay or other medium, and the device used
• Seal (mechanical), a device which helps prevent leakage, contain pressure, or exclude contamination where two systems join
• Seal (surname), an Indian surname of Hindu Bengalis and Rajputs

Seal may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• Seal (musician), English singer and songwriter, or any of his three self-titled albums:
  • Seal (1991 album)
  • Seal (1994 album), sometimes referred to as Seal II
  • Seal (2003 album), sometimes referred to as Seal IV (following his third album Human Being)
• Seal Online, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game

Law

• Record sealing
• Seal (contract law), a legal formality for contracts and other instruments
• Seal (East Asia), a stamp used in East Asia as a form of a signature

Military

• Fairey Seal, a 1930s British carrier-borne torpedo bomber aircraft
• HMS Seal, two Royal Navy ships and one submarine
• USS Seal, two American submarines

Special forces

• United States Navy SEALs, the principal special operations force of the U.S. Navy
• Thai Navy Seals, Thai Navy special operations force modelled on the U.S. Navy SEALs
• Naval Special Operations Group, also known as the Philippine Navy SEALs
• ROKN UDT/SEALs, a component of the Republic of Korea Navy Special Warfare Flotilla

People

• Seal (musician) (born 1963), English singer and songwriter
• Aditya Seal (born 1988), Indian actor
• Barry Seal (1939–1986), American drug smuggler and DEA informant
• Brajendra Nath Seal (1864–1938), Indian humanist philosopher and educator
• David Seal (born 1972), Australian soccer player
• Elizabeth Seal (born 1933), Italian actress
• Frances Thurber Seal, American Christian Science practitioner and teacher
• Jaynie Seal (born 1973), Australian television presenter
• Jimmy Seal (born 1950), English footballer
• Kevin Seal, American television presenter and actor
• Manuel Seal (born 1960), American songwriter-producer
• Michael Seal (born 1970), British orchestral conductor and classical violinist
• Mike Seal (fighter) (born 1977), Mexican mixed martial artist
• Mutty Lall Seal (1792–1854), Bengali Indian businessman and philanthropist
• Paul Seal (born 1952), American football tight end
• Sudhangshu Seal (born 1945), Indian politician

Places

• Seal, Kent, a village and civil parish in England
• Seal, Ohio, an unincorporated community
• Seal Beach, California, a city located in Orange County, USA
• Seal Harbour, Nova Scotia, a community in Guysborough County, Canada
• Seal Cay, а island within the Bahamas

Other uses

• Digital Signature and Electronic Authentication Law, a bill that sought to update banking regulations in the US
• Seal of the prophets, a title given to the Islamic prophet, Muhammad
• Seal script, ancient Chinese calligraphy
• Security seal, a device used to show whether a locking device has been opened
• "Seal", a generic term for the surface treatment of sealed roads (and by extension, a term used for the roads themselves)

See also

• SEAL (disambiguation)
• Seale (disambiguation)
• Sealing (disambiguation)
• Seals (disambiguation)
• Seal brown
• All pages with titles beginning with Seal
• All pages with titles containing Seal