title: Sealing
text: # Sealing
  
  Sealing may refer to:
  
  ## Processes
  
  * Seal (emblem), applying a seal to a document for authentication
  * Sealing wax, a wax material of a seal which, after melting, hardens quickly
  * Duct sealing, the sealing of leaks in air ducts
  * Induction sealing, method of heating a metal disk to seal a cap or top on a container
  * Porosity sealing, the process of filling a porous substrate to make it airtight
  * Record sealing, the practice of making court records confidential
  * Stone sealing, the application of a surface treatment to products constructed of natural stone
  * Sealing compound, sealant, used to block the passage of fluids
  * Searing meat (and other foods), commonly but erroneously referred to as 'sealing in the juices' etc.
  
  ## Religion
  
  * Sealing (Mormonism), a ritual intended to make family relationships permanent even after death
  * Sealing power, in Mormonism
  * Sealing room, an ordinance room
  
  ## Other
  
  * Sealing the Tomb, altarpiece triptych by William Hogarth in the English city of Bristol
  * Seal hunting, personal or commercial hunting of seals
  