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Shell
Shell may refer to:
- Animal shell, (including sea shells), such as those of molluscs, turtles, and insects
- Gastropod shell, animal shell of gastropods
- Eggshell, the outer covering of a hard-shelled egg
Any more or less hollow surface covering, including:
- Shell (projectile), a projectile which carries an explosive payload
- Shell (theater), a curved surface for reflecting and focusing sound
- Racing shell, a rowed watercraft
- Thin-shell structure, a method of building construction
In '''science''' and '''mathematics''':
- List of algebraic structures|Shell (mathematics), a ring-like algebraic structure
- Electron shell, describing the structure of electron configuration in atoms
- Electron configuration#Shells_and_subshells |Electron shells in atomic physics
- On shell and off shell, in quantum field theory
In '''computing'''
- Shell (computing), a type of computer user interface (for example a Unix or a DOS shell)
- Shell account, a personal account that gives a user access to a Unix shell on another machine, usually through ssh
- Shell sort, a sorting algorithm
In '''business'''
- Royal Dutch Shell, a multinational energy company
- Shell Oil Company, American subsidiary
- Shell Canada
- Shell Nigeria
- Shell Turbo Chargers, a defunct basketball team in the Philippines
- Big Shell, an offshore decontamination facility in the videogame ''Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty''
In other contexts:
- Conchiglia|Seashell of the Holy Trinity, or "Conchiglia", an Italian religious writer
- Shell Thropp, a character from the books ''Wicked'' and ''Son of a Witch''
- Shells (Angel episode)|"Shells" (''Angel'' episode), an episode of the television series ''Angel''
- Shell Mera, (sometimes called Shell), a city in Ecuador named after the Shell Oil Company
As a '''surname''':
- Donald Shell, American computer scientist
- Art Shell, former American football player and coach
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