Gloss
Appearance
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Gloss may refer to:
Text
[edit]- Gloss (annotation), an explanatory note in a text, such as:
- Interlinear gloss, in linguistics and pedagogy
- Biblical gloss
- Glose or Gloss, a quatrain from a usually better known poem incorporated into a new poem
Shininess
[edit]- Gloss (optics), reflectivity of light on a surface
- Gloss and matte paint, terms used for painted finishes
- Lip gloss
- Sickle-gloss, a silica residue found on blades
Fiction
[edit]- Gloss (character), a fictional character who appeared in DC Comics' series New Guardians
- Gloss (film), a Russian satirical melodrama by Andrei Konchalovsky
- Gloss (TV series), a New Zealand television drama, which ran from 1987 to 1990
- Gloss, a minor character in The Hunger Games
People
[edit]- Hugo Gloss (born 1985), Brazilian journalist and presenter
- Molly Gloss (born 1944), American writer
Other uses
[edit]- Dillon v. Gloss, a 1921 U.S. constitutional court case
- Global Sea Level Observing System, an Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission program
- G.L.O.S.S., a punk band based in Olympia, Washington
- GLOSS FM, an online radio station based in South Gloucestershire, UK