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Marine mammal

• Seal, a large marine mammal (from Anglo-Saxon seolh): see pinniped; within them are three main groups:
  • Earless seal (or true seals), members of the family Phocidae
  • Eared seal (or walking seals), members of the family Otariidae, which includes:
    • Fur seal, subfamily Arctocephalinae
    • Sea Lion, subfamily Otariinae
• Seal hunting, both personal and commercial hunting of seals
• Seal brown is a rich dark brown color RGB(50, 20, 20) (from the colour of dyed Fur seal fur)

Families Odobenidae Otariidae Phocidae Pinnipeds (fin-feet, lit. ... Genera Monachus (Monk Seals) Mirounga (Elephant Seal) Lobodon (Crabeater Seals) Leptonychotes Hydrurga (Leopard Seals) Ommatophoca Erignathus (Bearded Seals) Phoca Halichoerus (Grey Seals) Cystophora (Hooded Seals) The true seals or earless seals are one of the three main groups of mammals within the seal suborder, Pinnipedia. ... Genera Arctocephalus Callorhinus Eumetopias Neophoca Otaria Phocarctos Zalophus The eared seals (or walking seals), family Otariidae, are the fur seals and the sea lions. ... Genera Callorhinus Arctocephalus Fur seals make up one of the two distinct groups of mammals called seals. Both the fur seals and the true seals are members of the Pinnipedia, which is usually regarded as a suborder of the order Carnivora but sometimes as an independent order. ... Genera Eumetopias Zalophus Otaria Neophoca Phocarctos Hundreds of California Sea Lions sunbathing on Pier 39 in San Francisco. ... Seal hunting or sealing refers to the practice, history and industries associated with both personal and commercial hunting of seals. ... Seal brown is a rich dark brown color, resembling the color of the dyed fur from the fur seal. ... Genera Callorhinus Arctocephalus Fur seals make up one of the two distinct groups of mammals called seals. Both the fur seals and the true seals are members of the Pinnipedia, which is usually regarded as a suborder of the order Carnivora but sometimes as an independent order. ...

Closing to give a tight fit

• Seal (mechanical), a device to contain pressure, or exclude contamination from an enclosure. (Derived from "seal {device)" when used to fasten a document shut.)
• Bridgman seal, 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
• Rotating face mechanical seal, a type of seal used in rotating equipment such as pumps and compressors
• Diaphragm seal, a flexible membrane that seals and isolates an enclosure
• Bodok seal, a specialised washer that ensures an air-tight seal between the regulator of an anaesthetic machine and a gas cylinder.

Compression seal example A mechanical seal is a device which helps join systems or mechanisms together by preventing leakage (e. ... The Bridgman seal seals a high pressure volume by the use of an unsupported area to create a higher pressure between two pistons. ... Elements d1 and a1 bear and slide on each other, creating a seal at their interface. ... An example of a diaphragm seal (in green) used to protect a pressure sensor. ... The modern day Bodok seal is a specialised washer that has the crucial role of ensuring an air-tight seal between the regulator of an anaesthetic machine and a gas cylinder. ...

Symbol of authentication

• Seal (device), 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)
• Seal (contract law), a legal formality for contracts and other instruments, based on such a device
• Cylinder seal, cylinder engraved with a picture story, used in ancient times to roll an impression onto a sheet of wet clay
• Seal of the President
• Great Seal of the United States used since 1782 to authenticate some documents issued by the United States government
• Seal of the President of Nigeria - Nigerian presidential seal
• Great Seal of the Realm, a British institution for authorising the monarch's official documents a personal signature
• Great Seal of Scotland allows the monarch to authorise documents without signing
• Imperial Seal of Japan, called 菊の御紋 in Japanese, meaning "Noble Symbol of Chrysanthemum"
• Lord Privy Seal or Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal is one of the traditional sinecure offices of state in the United Kingdom
• Knights Templar Seal used to validate documents approved by the order
• Seal of Solomon, a legendary magical signet ring said to have belonged to King Solomon
• LMLK seal, stamped on handles of large storage jars around Jerusalem about 700 BC
• Nintendo Seal of Quality is a gold seal used by Nintendo to show that a game is properly licensed to run on its game consoles

Seal on envelope A seal is an impression printed on, embossed upon, or affixed to a document (or any other object) in order to authenticate it, in lieu of or in addition to a signature. ... In the history of law, a wax seal affixed to a contract or other legal instrument has had special legal significance at various times in the jurisdictions that recognize it. ... Gilgamesh and Enkidu, cylinder seal impression from Ur III, with oldest type of pictographic cuneiform The Cylinder seals in ancient times, were used to put an impression in clay. ... The Seal of the President is a symbol often used to represent and authenticate documents coming from the president: Seal of the President of Nigeria Seal of the President of the Philippines Seal of the President of the United States Categories: | ... Obverse The Great Seal of the United States is used to authenticate certain documents issued by the United States government. ... The Seal of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is the official symbol of the Nigerian President. ... The Great Seal of the Realm is a British institution by which the monarch can authorise official documents without having to sign each document individually. ... The Great Seal of Scotland allows the monarch to authorise official documents without having to sign each document individually. ... The National and Imperial Seal of Japan was originally the Imperial Seal, and is called 菊の御紋 Kiku No Gomon in Japanese, which, literally, means Noble Symbol of Chrysanthemum or Imperial Seal of Chrysanthemum . The Imperial Seal is used by members of the Japanese Imperial family. ... The Lord Privy Seal or Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal is one of the traditional sinecure offices in the British Cabinet. ... Seals of the Knights Templars Officials of religious Orders had their own seals to validate documents approved by the Order. ... In Medieval Jewish, Islamic and Christian legends, the Seal of Solomon was a magical signet ring said to have been possessed by King Solomon (or Sulayman in the Islamic version), which variously gave him the power to command demons (or jinni), or to speak with animals. ... LMLK seals were stamped on the handles of large storage jars in and around Jerusalem during the reign of King Hezekiah (circa 700 BC) based on several complete jars found in situ buried under a destruction layer caused by Sennacherib at Lachish. ... Nintendos Official Seal of Quality in NTSC regions Nintendos Official Seal of Quality in PAL regions. ...

Persons

• Seal (musician) (Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel), an Afro-European soul singer
• Barry Seal (Adler Berriman Seal), pilot and drug smuggler turned DEA informant
• Brajendra Nath Seal (born 1864), Indian philosopher of the Brahmo Samaj, Vice Chancellor of Visva Bharati University
• David Seal (born 1972), an Australian football (soccer) player
• Jaynie Seal (born 1973), an Australian television presenter
• Lou Seal (Luigi Francisco Seal, Jr.), the official mascot of the San Francisco Giants team in Major League Baseball
• Manuel Seal, a staff songwriter and producer at Jermaine Dupri's So So Def Recordings
• Pu Tong Seal (1346 AD), legendary Burmese hero

In this 2001 Apple Computer video, Seal holds an iPod and sits beside an iBook Seal Samuel (born February 19, 1963 in London, England) is a three-time Grammy Award-winning Afro-European soul vocalist and songwriter. ... Adler Berriman Seal, or Barry Seal was a pilot, allegedly with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and later drug smuggler turned Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) informant. ... Sir Dr. Brajendra Nath Seal was born in Calcutta in 1864. ... David Seal (born 26 January 1972) is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for Mangotsfield United as a forward in the Southern League Premier Division which is based around the city of Bristol in England. ... Jaynie Seal(born 1973) is an Australian television presenter. ... Lou Seal is the official mascot of the San Francisco Giants team in Major League Baseball. ... Manuel Seal, Jr is a staff songwriter and producer at Jermaine Dupris So So Def Recordings. ... Among the Sizang, Pu Tong Seal (1346 AD) was a very strong, tall and masculine individual who possessed an unusual body structure, measuring “9 tuuk” at his chest (54 inches diameter and 108 inches of the chest circumference). ...

Places

Some of these names referred originally to the marine mammal.

• Seal Bay Conservation Park, on Kangaroo Island, South Australia
• Seal Beach, a city in Orange County, California, United States of America
  • Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, a United States Navy weapons and munitions loading, storage and maintenance facility in Seal Beach, California
• Seal Island, a small islet about 5.7 km off the northern beaches of False Bay near Cape Town in South Africa
• Seal Island (South Shetland Islands), a group of small islands and rocks lying 3 to 6 miles northwest of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands
• Machias Seal Island at 44°30′10″N, 67°6′10″W under disputed sovereignty between the United States and Canada
• Seal Island Bridge, an arch truss bridge crossing the Great Bras d'Or channel in Victoria County, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
• Seal Rock, a prominent rock offshore at the North end of Ocean Beach, San Francisco, United States
• Seal Rocks, a small settlement in New South Wales, Australia
• Seal, Kent, a village in Kent, England. (Origin: probably Anglo-Saxon sēale = "copse of sallow-trees")
• Seals, Georgia

Seal Bay Conservation Park is located on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. ... Location of Seal Beach within Orange County, California. ... Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach is a United States Navy weapons and munitions loading, storage and maintenance facility located in Seal Beach, California with detachments in Concord, Fallbrook, and San Diego, all also in California. ... Link titleBold text[[Ima == Headline text ==link titleLink titleLink titleLink titleLink titleLink titleLink title ge:Example. ... Seal Islands or Farallones Focas or Îles des Phoques or Islas Foca or Islotes Foca or Seal Rocks are a group of small islands and rocks lying from 3 to 6 miles northwest of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands. ... Machias Seal Island is an island located at 44° 30′10″N, 67° 06′10″W. Sovereignty of the island is under dispute with ownership claimed by both Canada and the United States. ... The Seal Island Bridge is an arch truss bridge crossing the Great Bras dOr channel of Bras dOr Lake in Victoria County on Nova Scotias Cape Breton Island. ... Seal Rock is a large and prominent rock found at the North end of the Ocean Beach in San Francisco. ... Seal Rocks is the name of a small settlement in New South Wales, Australia. ... Seal village is situated on the A25 road (the road parallel to the North Downs across Kent), and is gradually becoming part of the urban area of Sevenoaks. ... Seals is an unincorporated location in Camden County in the state of Georgia in the United States of America. ...

Ships

• HMS Seal (N37), a submarine of the Royal Navy
• USS Seal has been used as the name of two submarines of the United States Navy
• Red seal ships (朱印船), Japanese armed merchant sailing ships with a red-sealed patent (early 17th century)

HMS Seal (M37/N37) was a Grampus-class mine-laying submarine of the Royal Navy. ... Two submarines of the United States Navy have been named USS Seal for the seal, a sea mammal valued for its skin and oil. ... A 1634 Japanese Red seal ship, incorporating Western-style square and lateen sails, rudder and aft designs. ...

Computing

• SEAL GUI, an open source Graphical User Interface for DOS

SEAL is a 32-bit graphical user interface for DOS. SEAL requires at least an Intel 80486, 8mb of RAM (although it may be possible to run SEAL on less, doing so is not recommended), a video card supporting 640x480 with 256 colors, 1. ...

Acronyms

• Digital Signature And Electronic Authentication Law of 1998
• United States Navy SEALs, special forces of the US Navy (acronym from "SEa, Air, Land")
  • Advanced SEAL Delivery System, a midget submarine providing stealthy submerged transportation for special forces, primarily US Navy SEALs
  • SEAL Recon Rifle, rifle developed to provide SEAL snipers with a portable, more lethal system
• Semantics-directed Environment Adaptation Language (or SEAL Computer Language), a computer programming language
• SEAL (cipher) (Software-Optimized Encryption Algorithm), a fast cryptographic cipher
• Safety Evidence Assurance Level, US government
• SEAL (Sea Scout Advanced Leadership) Training, a course for Sea Scouts (Boy Scouts of America)
• Software Engineering and Ada Lab, NASA

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