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 t ...

, or "true seal" ** Fur seal *

Seal (emblem) A seal is a device for making an impression in Sealing wax, 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 interf ...

, 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), 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 acknowledge ...

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

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 *

Supermarine Seal II The Supermarine Seal II was a British flying boat developed by Supermarine after it secured a British Air Ministry order for a prototype three-seater fleet spotter amphibian. The prototype, which had to be capable of landing on Royal Air Forc ...

, the 1921 British flying boat

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 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 ...

, 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 (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 Mutty Lall Seal (also written as Mutty Loll Seal, Mati Lall Seal, or Motilal Seal) (1792 – 20 May 1854) was a businessman and philanthropist from India. Seal began his life as a bottle and cork dealer but later became very wealthy. He donated ...

(1792–1854), Indian Bengali 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 Seal is an unincorporated community in Wyandot County, in the U.S. state of Ohio Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United Stat ...

, an unincorporated community *

Seal Beach, California Seal Beach is a coastal city in Orange County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,242, up from 24,168 at the 2010 census. Seal Beach is located in the westernmost corner of Orange County. To the northwest ...

, a city located in Orange County, USA * Seal Cay, а island within the Bahamas *

Seal Harbour, Nova Scotia Seal Harbour is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Guysborough County. Located on the east side of Isaac's Harbour, it was named for the abundance of seals once found there. Founded as a fishing settlement, it became ...

, a community in Guysborough County, Canada * Seal Lake, a lake in Greenland

Other uses

* "Seal", a generic term for the surface treatment of sealed roads (and by extension, a term used for the roads themselves) * Seal brown *

Seal of the prophets Seal of the Prophets ( ar, خاتم النبيين, translit=khātam an-nabīyīn or khātim an-nabīyīn; or ar, خاتم الأنبياء, translit=khātam al-anbiyā’ or khātim al-anbiyā), is a title used in the Qur'an and by Muslims ...

, 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 sea ...

, ancient Chinese calligraphy * Security seal, a device used to show whether a locking device has been opened *

BYD Seal The BYD Seal is a battery electric, compact executive fastback sedan produced by BYD Auto. It is the second passenger car of BYD's latest "Ocean Series" of plug-in electric vehicles, after the smaller hatchback BYD Dolphin. In several oversea ...

, an electric sedan * Select Entry Accelerated Learning, a program used in Victoria, Australia, in some secondary schools