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'''Seal''' or '''SEAL''' may refer to articles connected to a variety of meanings of the word:


'''Seal''' may refer to any of the following:
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==Common uses==
'''A marine mammal:'''
* ], a diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals, many of which are commonly called seals, particularly:
*'''Seal''', a large marine mammal: see ] within which there are three main groups:
**]s (or true seals), members of the family Phocidae ** ], also called "true seal"
** ]
**]s (or walking seals), members of the family Otariidae, which includes:
***]s, subfamily Arctocephalinae ** ]
* ], a device to impress an emblem, used as a means of authentication, on paper, wax, clay or another medium (the impression is also called a seal)
***]s, subfamily Otariinae
* ], a device which helps prevent leakage, contain pressure, or exclude contamination where two systems join
*], both personal and commercial hunting of seals
* ]s such as ], ], or ] affixed onto a container in order to ]
* ], a charity funded sanctuary for injured seal pups on the banks of the Helford River, Cornwall, UK
* ], an animal attraction in Skegness, Lincolnshire, England
*] is a rich dark brown color ''RGB(50, 20, 20)'' (from the colour of dyed ''Fur seal'' fur)


==Arts, entertainment and media==
* ], by Seal
* ], sometimes referred to as ''Seal II'', by Seal
* '']'', a 2003 album by Seal
* '']'', a 2003 massively multiplayer online role-playing game


==Law==
'''Fixing or closing to give a tight fit:'''
* ], a legal formality for contracts and other instruments
*], a device to contain pressure, or exclude contamination from an enclosure
* ], a stamp used in East Asia as a form of a signature
*], named after Percy Williams Bridgman, seals a high pressure volume by the use of an unsupported area to create a higher pressure between two pistons
* ]
*], a type of seal used in rotating equipment such as pumps and compressors
*], a flexible membrane that seals and isolates an enclosure
*], a specialised washer that ensures an air-tight seal between the regulator of an anaesthetic machine and a gas cylinder


==Military==
* '']'', a 1930s British carrier-borne torpedo bomber aircraft
* ], two Royal Navy ships and one submarine
* ], two American submarines
* ], the 1921 British flying boat


===Special forces===
'''Symbol of authentication:'''
*], the principal special operations force of the U.S. Navy
*], a device used to produce an official stamp as a symbol of authority, or the impression left by a seal in sealing wax. (Origin: Latin ''sigillum'' = "small symbol", a diminutive of ''signum'')
*], Thai Navy special operations force modelled on the U.S. Navy SEALs
*], cylinder engraved with a ''picture story'', used in ancient times to roll an impression onto a sheet of wet clay
*], also known as the Philippine Navy SEALs
*] used since 1782 to authenticate some documents issued by the United States government
*ROKN UDT/SEALs, a component of the ]
*], a British institution for authorising the monarch's official documents a personal signature
*] allows the monarch to authorise documents without signing
*], called 菊の御紋 in Japanese, meaning "Noble Symbol of Chrysanthemum"
*] or ''Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal'' is one of the traditional sinecure offices of state in the United Kingdom
*] used to validate documents approved by the order
*], a legendary magical signet ring said to have belonged to King Solomon
*], stamped on handles of large storage jars around Jerusalem about 700 BC
*] is a gold seal used by Nintendo to show that a game is properly licensed to run on their game consoles


==People==
* ] (born 1963), English singer and songwriter
* ]:
** ] (born 1988), Indian actor
** ], Canadian former judge from Montreal, Quebec
** ] (1939–1986), American drug smuggler and DEA informant
** ] (1864–1938), Indian humanist philosopher and educator
** ] (born 1972), Australian soccer player
** ] (born 1933), Italian actress
** ], American Christian Science practitioner and teacher
** ] (born 1973), Australian television presenter
** ] (born 1950), English footballer
** ], American television presenter and actor
** ] (born 1960), American songwriter-producer
** ] (born 1970), British orchestral conductor and classical violinist
** ] (born 1977), Mexican mixed martial artist
** ] (1792–1854), Indian Bengali businessman and philanthropist
** ] (born 1952), American football tight end
** ] (born 1945), Indian politician


==Places==
'''As a person's name:'''
* ], a village and civil parish in England
*] (Adler Berriman Seal), pilot and drug smuggler turned DEA informant
* ], an unincorporated community
* ] (born 1864), Indian philosopher of the Brahmo Samaj, Vice Chancellor of Visva Bharati University
* ], a city located in Orange County, USA
*] (born 1972), an Australian football (soccer) player
* ], а island within the Bahamas
*] (born 1973), an Australian television presenter
* ], a community in Guysborough County, Canada
*] (Luigi Francisco Seal, Jr.), the official mascot of the San Francisco Giants team in Major League Baseball
* ], a lake in Greenland
*], a staff songwriter and producer at Jermaine Dupri's ''So So Def Recordings''
*] (1346 AD), legendary Burmese hero
* ] (Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel), a British soul singer who has released three albums of the same name:
**]
**]
**] and Seal Best of Album


==Other uses==
* "Seal", a generic term for the surface treatment of ]s (and by extension, a term used for the roads themselves)
* ]
* ], a title given to the Islamic prophet, Muhammad
* ], ancient Chinese calligraphy
* ], a device used to show whether a locking device has been opened
* ], an electric sedan
* ], a program used in Victoria, Australia, in some secondary schools


==See also==
'''A place name (some related to the marine mammal):'''
* ]
* ], on Kangaroo Island, South Australia
* ]
* ], a city in Orange County, California, United States of America
* ]
** ], a United States Navy weapons and munitions loading, storage and maintenance facility in Seal Beach, California
* ]
* ], a small islet about 5.7 km off the northern beaches of False Bay near Cape Town in South Africa
* ]
* ], a group of small islands and rocks lying 3 to 6 miles northwest of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands
* {{look from}}
* ] at {{coor dms|44|30|10|N|67|6|10|W|}} under disputed sovereignty between the United States and Canada
* {{in title}}
* ], an arch truss bridge crossing the Great Bras d'Or channel in Victoria County, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
* ], a prominent rock offshore at the North end of Ocean Beach, San Francisco, United States
* ], a small settlement in New South Wales, Australia
* ], a village in Kent, England. (Origin: probably Anglo-Saxon ''sēale'' = "copse of sallow-trees")
* ]


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'''As an ]:'''
* ] "SEAL" of 1998
* ], special forces of the United States Navy. (Origin: acronym from "SEa, Air, Land")
**], a midget submarine providing stealthy submerged transportation for special forces, primarily U.S. Navy SEALs
**], rifle developed to provide SEAL snipers with a portable, lightweight system with greater lethality
* ], a computer programming language
* ], (Software-Optimized Encryption Algorithm), a fast cryptographic cipher


'''Maritime usage:'''
* ], a submarine of the Royal Navy
* ] has been used as the name of two submarines of the United States Navy
* ] (朱印船), Japanese armed merchant sailing ships with a red-sealed patent (early 17th century)


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Seal may refer to any of the following:

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Military

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People

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See also

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