Seam
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Seam may refer to:
SEAM may refer to:
- Seam (sewing)Seam (sewing)In sewing, a seam is the join where two or more layers of fabric, leather, or other materials are held together with stitches. Prior to the invention of the sewing machine, all sewing was done by hand...
, the line where two or more layers of fabric are held together by stitches - Seam (geology), a stratumStratumIn geology and related fields, a stratum is a layer of sedimentary rock or soil with internally consistent characteristics that distinguish it from other layers...
of coalCoalCoal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
or mineralMineralA mineral is a naturally occurring solid chemical substance formed through biogeochemical processes, having characteristic chemical composition, highly ordered atomic structure, and specific physical properties. By comparison, a rock is an aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloids and does not...
that is economically viable; a bedBed (geology)In geology a bed is the smallest division of a geologic formation or stratigraphic rock series marked by well-defined divisional planes separating it from layers above and below. A bed is the smallest lithostratigraphic unit, usually ranging in thickness from a centimeter to several meters and...
or a distinct layer of veinVein (geology)In geology, a vein is a distinct sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock. Veins form when mineral constituents carried by an aqueous solution within the rock mass are deposited through precipitation...
of rockRock (geology)In geology, rock or stone is a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloids.The Earth's outer solid layer, the lithosphere, is made of rock. In general rocks are of three types, namely, igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic...
in other layers of rock - Seam (metallurgy)Seam (metallurgy)Hemming and seaming are two similar metalworking processes in which a sheet metal edge is rolled over onto itself. A hem is when the edge is rolled flush to itself, while a seam joins the edges of two materials....
- Seam (band)Seam (band)Seam was an American indie rock band active from 1991 to 1999, led by Sooyoung Park, former frontman of Bitch Magnet. Park currently plays in Ee...
, an indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois - Seam bowlingSeam bowlingSeam bowling is a phrase used for a bowling technique in cricket whereby the ball is deliberately bowled on to its seam, to cause a random deviation. Practitioners are known as seam bowlers or seamers....
, in cricket, refers to bowling with the main seam upright - Seam carvingSeam carvingSeam carving , is an algorithm for image resizing, developed by Shai Avidan, of Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs , and Ariel Shamir, of the Interdisciplinary Center and MERL...
, an image resizing algorithm - Can seamerCan seamerA Can seamer is a machine used to seal the lid to the can body such as in paint or food cans. The lid should be of metal while the body can be of metal , paper or plastic....
, a machine used to seal a lid to a can body, such as in paint or food cans - Quarter seamQuarter seamThe Quarter seam is the tiny seam which runs around a cricket ball at 90 degrees to the large, raised seam.While the main seam can be 'picked at' - loosening the threads - in order to create conventional swing when the ball is relatively new, more recently, an understanding has evolved that the...
, a thread on the surface of a cricket ball - JBoss SeamJBoss SeamSeam is a web application framework developed by JBoss, a division of Red Hat.- Seam 3 :Seam 3 is very active project consisting of over 50 developers and engineers, which provides a modular set of extensions to the CDI programming model...
, a Java application framework by JBoss
SEAM may refer to:
- The ICAO airport code for Chachoan AirportChachoan AirportChachoan Airport is an airport serving Ambato , a city in the province of Tungurahua in Ecuador.- Facilities :...
in Ambato, Ecuador - Sun Enterprise Authentication Mechanism, an implementation of Kerberos protocol for the Solaris operating system