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| + | [[Image:Festoon, masks and rosettes made of shells by Jan van Kessel the Elder.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''[[Festoon, Masks and Rosettes Made of Shells]]'' (1656, detail) by Jan van Kessel the Elder]] | ||
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| The goddess of love, [[Venus]] or [[Aphrodite]] is often traditionally depicted rising from the sea on a seashell. In ''[[the Birth of Venus (Botticelli)]]'', [[Botticelli]] depicted the goddess [[Venus (goddess)|Venus]] rising from the ocean on a [[scallop]] shell. | The goddess of love, [[Venus]] or [[Aphrodite]] is often traditionally depicted rising from the sea on a seashell. In ''[[the Birth of Venus (Botticelli)]]'', [[Botticelli]] depicted the goddess [[Venus (goddess)|Venus]] rising from the ocean on a [[scallop]] shell. | ||
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| - | [[Image:Five Shells on a Slab of Stone by Adriaen Coorte.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Five Shells on a Slab of Stone]]'' (1696) by [[Adriaen Coorte]]]] | + | [[Image:Five Shells on a Slab of Stone by Adriaen Coorte.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Five Shells on a Slab of Stone]]'' (1696) by Adriaen Coorte]] |
| - | [[Image:The Seashell 1912) - Odilon Redon.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''[[La coquille (The Shell, Odilon Redon)|The Shell]]'' ([[1912]]) by [[Odilon Redon]]]] | + | [[Image:The Seashell 1912) - Odilon Redon.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''[[La coquille (The Shell, Odilon Redon)|The Shell]]'' (1912) by Odilon Redon]] |
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| '''Shell''' may refer to: | '''Shell''' may refer to: | ||
| - | ==Nature== | ||
| * [[Seashell]], a hard outer layer of a marine animal, found on beaches | * [[Seashell]], a hard outer layer of a marine animal, found on beaches | ||
| * [[Exoskeleton]], an external covering of some animals | * [[Exoskeleton]], an external covering of some animals | ||
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| ** [[Turtle shell]] | ** [[Turtle shell]] | ||
| * [[Eggshell]] | * [[Eggshell]] | ||
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| - | ==Business== | ||
| - | * [[Royal Dutch Shell]], a multinational oil and gas company | ||
| - | ** [[Shell Oil Company]], the U.S.-based subsidiary | ||
| - | ** [[Shell Canada]] | ||
| - | ** [[Shell Nigeria]] | ||
| - | * [[Shell corporation]], a company which serves as a vehicle for business transactions | ||
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| - | ==Entertainment== | ||
| - | * [[Shell (theater)]], a curved surface for reflecting sound | ||
| - | * [[The Shells]], a musical group | ||
| - | * [[Shells (Angel)|"Shells" (''Angel'')]], a TV episode | ||
| - | * A receptical used in the [[Shell game]] | ||
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| - | ==Places== | ||
| - | * [[Shell, Ecuador]] | ||
| - | * [[Shell, California]], United States | ||
| - | * [[Shell, Wyoming]], United States | ||
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| - | ==People== | ||
| - | * [[Art Shell]] (born 1946), American football player and coach | ||
| - | * [[Donald Shell]] (born 1924), American computer scientist | ||
| - | * [[Karl Shell]] (born 1938), American economist | ||
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| - | ==Weaponry== | ||
| - | *[[Shell (projectile)]], an explosive device fired from artillery | ||
| - | *[[Shotgun shell]], a type of shotgun ammunition | ||
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| - | ==Computing== | ||
| - | * [[Shell (computing)]], a type of user interface | ||
| - | ** [[Command-line interface]], sometimes referred to as "command shell" | ||
| - | ** [[List of command-line interpreters]], programs occasionally referred to as "shells" | ||
| - | * [[Operating system shell]] | ||
| - | * [[Shell account]], a user account on a remote server | ||
| - | * [[Secure Shell]] protocol | ||
| - | * [[Shell sort]], a sorting algorithm | ||
| - | * An empty [[expert system]] | ||
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| - | ==Other uses== | ||
| - | * [[Shell (machinery)]], each half of a two-piece plain bearing | ||
| - | * [[Electron shell]] | ||
| - | * [[Racing shell]], a watercraft | ||
| - | * Shell element, a component of the [[thin-shell structure]] construction method | ||
| - | <!-- * A ring-like [[List of algebraic structures|algebraic structure]] | ||
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| - | * [[Coverage shell]], the number of defenders guarding the deep portion of the field in American football | ||
| - | * Shell, a woman's blouse or [[T-shirt]] | ||
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| - | * [[On shell and off shell]], a concept in quantum field theory | + | *[[Ghost in the Shell ]] |
| - | + | *[[Royal Dutch Shell ]] | |
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The goddess of love, Venus or Aphrodite is often traditionally depicted rising from the sea on a seashell. In the Birth of Venus (Botticelli), Botticelli depicted the goddess Venus rising from the ocean on a scallop shell. |
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Shell may refer to:
- Seashell, a hard outer layer of a marine animal, found on beaches
- Exoskeleton, an external covering of some animals
- Eggshell
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