Seal may refer to any of the following:

Common uses

Pinniped Pinnipeds (pronounced ), commonly known as seals, are a widely range (biology), distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic, mostly marine mammal, marine mammals. They comprise the extant taxon, extant family (biology ...

, a diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals, many of which are commonly called seals, particularly: **

Earless seal The earless seals, phocids or true seals are one of the three main groups of mammals within the seal lineage, Pinnipedia. All true seals are members of the family Phocidae (). They are sometimes called crawling seals to distinguish them from th ...

, or "true seal" **

Fur seal Fur seals are any of nine species of pinnipeds belonging to the subfamily Arctocephalinae in the family '' Otariidae''. They are much more closely related to sea lions than true seals, and share with them external ears (pinnae), relatively l ...

Seal (emblem) A seal is a device for making an impression in wax, clay, paper, or some other medium, including an embossment on paper, and is also the impression thus made. The original purpose was to authenticate a document, or to prevent interference with a ...

, 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) *

Seal (mechanical) A mechanical seal is a device that helps join systems and mechanisms together by preventing leakage (e.g. in a pumping system), containing pressure, or excluding contamination. The effectiveness of a seal is dependent on adhesion in the case of ...

, a device which helps prevent leakage, contain pressure, or exclude contamination where two systems join

Arts, entertainment and media

* ''Seal'' (1991 album), by Seal * ''Seal'' (1994 album), sometimes referred to as ''Seal II'', by Seal * '' Seal IV'', a 2003 album by Seal * '' Seal Online'', a 2003 massively multiplayer online role-playing game

Law

Seal (contract law) In the law, a seal affixed to a contract or other legal instrument has had special legal significance at various times in the jurisdictions that recognise it. In the courts of common law jurisdictions, a contract which was sealed ("made under s ...

, a legal formality for contracts and other instruments *

Seal (East Asia) A seal, in an East and Southeast Asian context, is a general name for printing stamps and impressions thereof which are used in lieu of signatures in personal documents, office paperwork, contracts, art, or any item requiring acknowledgeme ...

, a stamp used in East Asia as a form of a signature *

Record sealing Record sealing is the practice of sealing or, in some cases, destroying court records that would otherwise be publicly accessible as public records. The term is derived from the tradition of placing a seal on specified files or documents that pr ...

Military

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Fairey Seal The Fairey Seal was a British carrier-borne spotter-reconnaissance aircraft, operated in the 1930s. The Seal was derived – like the Gordon – from the IIIF. To enable the Fairey Seal to be launched by catapult from warships, it could be f ...

'', a 1930s British carrier-borne torpedo bomber aircraft * HMS ''Seal'', two Royal Navy ships and one submarine * USS ''Seal'', two American submarines * Supermarine Seal II, the 1921 British flying boat

Special forces

* United States Navy SEALs, the principal special operations force of the U.S. Navy *

Thai Navy Seals The Naval Special Warfare Command ( th, หน่วยบัญชาการสงครามพิเศษทางเรือ), commonly known as the Royal Thai Navy SEALs (an acronym for SEa–Air–Land), is the special operations forc ...

, Thai Navy special operations force modelled on the U.S. Navy SEALs *

Naval Special Operations Command The Naval Special Operations Command (NAVSOCOM) is a separate command of the Philippine Navy trained in special operations, sabotage, psychological and unconventional warfare and is heavily influenced by the United States Navy SEALs. NAVSOCOM is h ...

, also known as the Philippine Navy SEALs *ROKN UDT/SEALs, a component of the

Republic of Korea Navy Special Warfare Flotilla The Republic of Korea Navy Special Warfare Flotilla (Abbreviation: NAVSPECWARFLOT or WARFLOT; ko, 대한민국 해군 특수전전단, Hanja: 大韓民國海軍特殊戰戰團) is a special operations force of the Republic of Korea Navy. The ...

People

* Seal (musician) (born 1963), English singer and songwriter * Seal (surname): ** 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 Manuel L. Seal, Jr. (born September 26, 1960) is an American multi-instrumentalist, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, vocal coach, and arranger. His credits include artists as Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Usher, TLC, Aretha Frankli ...

(born 1960), American songwriter-producer **

Michael Seal Michael Seal (born 3 May 1970) is a British orchestral conductor and classical violinist. Since 2011 he has served as the Associate Conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO), having served previously as the orchestra's Assistan ...

(born 1970), British orchestral conductor and classical violinist ** Mike Seal (fighter) (born 1977), Mexican mixed martial artist ** Mutty Lall Seal (1792–1854), Indian Bengali businessman and philanthropist **

Paul Seal Paul Nathan Seal (born February 27, 1952) is a former American football player. He played college football as a tight end for the University of Michigan from 1971 to 1973 and professional football as a tight end in the National Football League ...

(born 1952), American football tight end ** Sudhangshu Seal (born 1945), Indian politician

Places

Seal, Kent Seal is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England. The parish is located in the valley between the North Downs and the Greensand ridge, and to the north-east of the town of Sevenoaks in West Kent. History In early d ...

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

Seal Lake Seal Lake ( da, Sælsøen), also known as Sael Lake, Saelso, Saelsöen and Sælsø, is a land-locked freshwater fjord in southern King Frederick VIII Land, in Greenland's northeastern coast. The Danish weather station Danmarkshavn —the only i ...

, a lake in Greenland

Other uses

* "Seal", a generic term for the surface treatment of

sealed road A sealed road is a road whose surface has been permanently sealed by the use of one of several pavement treatments, often of composite construction. In some countries, such as Australia and New Zealand, this surface is generically referred to as "s ...

s (and by extension, a term used for the roads themselves) * Seal brown * Seal of the prophets, a title given to the Islamic prophet, Muhammad *

Seal script Seal script, also sigillary script () is an ancient style of writing Chinese characters that was common throughout the latter half of the 1st millennium BC. It evolved organically out of the Zhou dynasty bronze script. The Qin variant of seal ...

, ancient Chinese calligraphy *

Security seal Security seals are tamper-evident mechanisms that seal valuable material in a room, cabinet, vehicle, or other storage facility. One common use is to seal cargo in transit shipping containers in a way that provides tamper evidence and some lev ...

, a device used to show whether a locking device has been opened * BYD Seal, an electric sedan *

Select Entry Accelerated Learning A Select Entry Accelerated Learning (SEAL) program is a form of streaming used in government secondary schools in Victoria, Australia to provide a focused educational environment for academically gifted children. The program allows students to ...

, a program used in Victoria, Australia, in some secondary schools