Gel (disambiguation)

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A gel is a complex solid but fluid substance with liquid-like properties.

Gel may also refer to:

Personal care

• Hair gel, a gel used for setting hair styles which makes it stay still
• Shower gel, a cosmetic body wash
• Personal lubricant used for sex purposes

Pharmaceutics and physical chemistry

• Gel cap, a gelatinous capsule in which a drug is held
• Aerogel, a gel that has been dehydrated under supercritical conditions such that the liquid has been replaced with gas
• Hydrogel or aquagel, a water-insoluble polymer
• Sol-gel, a colloidal suspension that can be gelled to form a solid
• Xerogel, a dried gel that, when heated, becomes a dense glass

Entertainment

• Color gel, a transparent colored material used to shade stage lighting for plays and film
• Gel, a fictional character in the manga series Hunter × Hunter
• Gel, American hardcore punk band

Other uses

• Gel (dessert), a dessert made with sweetened and flavored gelatin
• Gel conference
• Gel pen
• Gelling (Arunachal Pradesh), location in India
• Georgian lari, by ISO 4217 currency code
• Group Exemption Letter, issued by the United States Internal Revenue Service
• Lichk, Armenia, formerly Gël
• Silica gel
• ut-Ma'in language

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with gel
• All pages with titles containing gel
• Agar
• Collagen
• Colloid
• Gelatin
• Jelly (disambiguation)

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