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Gloss may refer to:

Text

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Hugo Gloss (born 1985), Brazilian journalist and presenter
• Molly Gloss (born 1944), American writer

Other uses

• 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

See also

• Glossa (disambiguation)

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