Seal may refer to any of the following:

Common uses

  • Pinniped, a diverse group of semi-aquatic mammals, many of which are commonly called seals, particularly:
  • Earless seal, also called "true seal"
  • Eared seal
  • Fur seal
  • Seal (emblem), 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 device which helps prevent leakage, contain pressure, or exclude contamination where two systems join
  • Hermetic seal, an airtight mechanical seal
  • Security seals such as labels, tapes, bands, or ties affixed onto a container in order to prevent and detect tampering

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 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 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, 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
  • Seal (surname):
  • Aditya Seal (born 1988), Indian actor
  • Barbara Seal, Canadian former judge from Montreal, Quebec
  • Barry Seal (1939–1986), American drug smuggler and DEA informant
  • Barry Seal (politician) (1937–2025), British politician
  • 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
  • Jessie Seal (born 1991), American politician
  • 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), 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, an unincorporated community
  • Seal Beach, California, a city located in Orange County, USA
  • Seal Cay, an island within the Bahamas
  • Seal Harbour, Nova Scotia, 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, a title given to the Islamic prophet, Muhammad
  • Seal script, ancient Chinese calligraphy
  • BYD Seal, an electric sedan
  • Select Entry Accelerated Learning, a program used in Victoria, Australia, in some secondary schools
  • <code>sealed</code>, a keyword in Java and C# for constraining inheritance of classes and interfaces. Java also has a keyword <code>non-sealed</code>.

See also

  • SEAL (disambiguation)
  • Seale (disambiguation)
  • Sealing (disambiguation)
  • Seals (disambiguation)
  • Seel (disambiguation)