What's the difference between seal and varnish?

Seal


Definition:

  • (n.) Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and Otariidae.
  • (n.) An engraved or inscribed stamp, used for marking an impression in wax or other soft substance, to be attached to a document, or otherwise used by way of authentication or security.
  • (n.) Wax, wafer, or other tenacious substance, set to an instrument, and impressed or stamped with a seal; as, to give a deed under hand and seal.
  • (n.) That which seals or fastens; esp., the wax or wafer placed on a letter or other closed paper, etc., to fasten it.
  • (n.) That which confirms, ratifies, or makes stable; that which authenticates; that which secures; assurance.
  • (n.) An arrangement for preventing the entrance or return of gas or air into a pipe, by which the open end of the pipe dips beneath the surface of water or other liquid, or a deep bend or sag in the pipe is filled with the liquid; a draintrap.
  • (v. t.) To set or affix a seal to; hence, to authenticate; to confirm; to ratify; to establish; as, to seal a deed.
  • (v. t.) To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality; as, to seal weights and measures; to seal silverware.
  • (v. t.) To fasten with a seal; to attach together with a wafer, wax, or other substance causing adhesion; as, to seal a letter.
  • (v. t.) Hence, to shut close; to keep close; to make fast; to keep secure or secret.
  • (v. t.) To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement, plaster, or the like.
  • (v. t.) To close by means of a seal; as, to seal a drainpipe with water. See 2d Seal, 5.
  • (v. t.) Among the Mormons, to confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife.
  • (v. i.) To affix one's seal, or a seal.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) To provide a seal with low pressure-high volume cuffed tubes, cuff sizes of 20.5 mm and 27.5 mm are recommended for female and male patients, respectively.
  • (2) Cermet cement sealings showed defects more frequently.
  • (3) The channels usually ceased conducting within a few minutes after seal formation with the patch pipette and could not be re-activated with depolarizing voltage steps.
  • (4) For all the understandable insistence that parliament and London would continue as normal after Wednesday’s terrorist attack, almost 24 hours later a large section of streets around the area remained sealed off by police.
  • (5) Tone pulses and noise stimuli were mixed acoustically and presented using calibrated, sealed stimulating systems.
  • (6) In general, after recording a baseline tympanogram, mechanically created positive and negative air pressures are created in a hermetically sealed ear canal causing increased pressure on the middle ear air cushion.
  • (7) Ecological evidence is considered to suggest that the rapid maturation of C. semerme in rats may also occur when the parasite becomes established in seals.
  • (8) Increased conversion of 25-OHD to 24,25-(OH)2D and a high capacity for vitamin D storage in their large blubber mass appeared to be factors in the resistance of seals to vitamin D toxicity.
  • (9) The mechanism of sealed-off perforation of the duct is discussed.
  • (10) Membranes were sandwiched between two gas-permeable, plastic foils, placed in a sealed cuvette, and gassed with H2 as reductant or O2 as oxidant.
  • (11) Treatment animals had the anastomoses and graft sealed with a suspension of N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate and 1.2 g tobramycin powder (antibiotic glue, ANGL) after contamination.
  • (12) The results demonstrated that, when the coronal half of the root canal filling material was removed immediately after placement with pluggers, there was a loss of the apical seal and leakage in thirteen of twenty teeth.
  • (13) Ultrastructural study of the Leydig cells of nonbreeding crabeater, leopard and Ross seals showed that three types of cells could be distinguished.
  • (14) National bans on commercial trading in seal products are already in place in 30 countries including the US, the Netherlands and Italy.
  • (15) Under these conditions, with careful attention to sealing at ankles and waist, it was possible to estimate penetration as low as 0.3%.
  • (16) We used transvitreally delivered cyanoacrylate tissue adhesive to seal retinal breaks in 25 selected patients undergoing vitreous surgery for complicated retinal detachment.
  • (17) To date, numerous products have been evaluated, and many hundreds have received the council's seal of acceptance.
  • (18) She explained that, as a baby, she had been subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM): her clitoris cut off and her vagina sealed, with only a small hole remaining for urine and menstruation.
  • (19) After accidental dissection of the thoracic duct in infants, leakage of chyle could be sealed successfully in 6 cases.
  • (20) These microcapsules can be dried and retain activity when sealed in a jar at 4 degrees C.

Varnish


Definition:

  • (n.) A viscid liquid, consisting of a solution of resinous matter in an oil or a volatile liquid, laid on work with a brush, or otherwise. When applied the varnish soon dries, either by evaporation or chemical action, and the resinous part forms thus a smooth, hard surface, with a beautiful gloss, capable of resisting, to a greater or less degree, the influences of air and moisture.
  • (n.) That which resembles varnish, either naturally or artificially; a glossy appearance.
  • (n.) An artificial covering to give a fair appearance to any act or conduct; outside show; gloss.
  • (n.) To lay varnish on; to cover with a liquid which produces, when dry, a hard, glossy surface; as, to varnish a table; to varnish a painting.
  • (n.) To cover or conceal with something that gives a fair appearance; to give a fair coloring to by words; to gloss over; to palliate; as, to varnish guilt.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Prolonged coating duration from 24 hours to 1 week did not increase uptake and penetration of fluoride from both varnishes.
  • (2) The varnish seemed to be better with respect to the posology as the total dose of miconazole is minimal and only one application is necessary.
  • (3) In methods A and B the round biopsy field was bordered by copalite varnish, while method C utilized a scotch tape border.
  • (4) The unesterified resins are mainly used in paper size and the esters in printing inks, varnishes and adhesives.
  • (5) A clinical and radiographic examination of all children was performed immediately prior to the first application of varnish and 1 year later.
  • (6) Three applications of 2.3% Duraphat were slightly more effective than any of the other varnish treatments, but one treatment with 2.3% varnish was not more effective than treatments with 1.1% varnish.
  • (7) The preliminary treatment with a copal-ether varnish (Copalite) was of insignificant value.
  • (8) Forty molar and premolar teeth had non-retentive cavities prepared and restored with amalgam using (1) copal varnish (control), (2) a pin, (3) Amalgambond or (4) Panavia-Ex.
  • (9) Duraphat varnish was topically applied for 6 hours to the air dried surfaces of ten teeth (group 1).
  • (10) The sealing abilities of three therapeutic varnishes were compared with that of a conventional copal varnish in vitro under Tytin silver amalgam restorations.
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  • (12) After storage in 100% humidity at 37 degrees C for 48 h, the root surfaces were coated with nail varnish (except at the apex) and placed in 2% methylene blue dye solution and centrifuged at 3 x g for 3 min.
  • (13) The caries preventive effect of topical application of fluoride varnish (Duraphat), ferric-aluminum-fluoride solution (FeAlF) and chlorhexidine gel was compared in 2-yr clinical study.
  • (14) The varnish also serves as a guide to facilitate removal of excess resin beyond the cavosurface margin.
  • (15) After the long-term administration of doxilane-diolane, cresacin, antioxidant S-1 and fluorine varnish to mongrel albino rats and mice no difference in the level of spontaneous tumours both in the control and experimental groups of animals was observed.
  • (16) Fluoride varnishes are clinically effective but have not been shown to be superior to topical solutions or gels.
  • (17) Since then, the ink, manufactured only by Mysore Paints and Varnish, has been used in every local and national Indian election, as well as in key elections across the world, including in Iraq and Afghanistan.
  • (18) The stylish, varnished wooden interior and whitewashed walls has a slightly Danish feel, but General Merchant’s brunch-y, all-day menu is inspired by Australian cafe culture, where good coffee and pan-global fusion plates are the norm.
  • (19) Southern viewers may occasionally require a translator, for moments such as when one girl explains she doesn't want to take off her nail varnish because her hands will look "proper scratty" (scruffy).
  • (20) When cavity varnish use was compared with no use of cavity varnish, significantly less microleakage was noted with the nonburnished control, single-burnish, and double-burnish techniques utilizing the cavity varnish.