Nat
A diminutive of the male given name Nathanael, Nathaniel or Nathan.
A diminutive of female given names such as Natasha, Natalie, and Natalia.
Nat (plural Nats)
(slang, informal, Australian politics) A member or supporter of the Australian National Party.
(slang, informal, UK politics) A member or supporter of the Scottish National Party.
(slang, informal, South African politics, dated) A member or supporter of the National Party of South Africa.
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nat (plural nats)
A spirit in Burmese mythology, whose cult is followed alongside Buddhism.
nat (not comparable)
(obsolete) Not. [14th-17th c.]
nat (plural nats)
A logarithmic unit of information or entropy, based on natural logarithms.
• nit, nepit
• -ant, ANT, Ant, Ant., NTA, TAN, TNA, Tan, a'n't, an't, ant, ant-, ant., tan
NAT (plural er-noun)
(politics) Abbreviation of National Party.
(aviation) Abbreviation of North Atlantic Tracks.
(Internet) Acronym of Network Address Translation. (A network function whereby one network address is rewritten (translated) to another address: Network Address Translation is frequently used to allow multiple network nodes (computers or inter-networked devices) to share a single internet (or local network) IP address. NAT may be used in "one to one", "many to one", or "one to many" types of configurations.)
(Internet) Acronym of Network Address Translator. (A device that implements that network function; a NAT firewall.)
• -ant, ANT, Ant, Ant., NTA, TAN, TNA, Tan, a'n't, an't, ant, ant-, ant., tan
Source: Wiktionary
Nat, adv.
Definition: Not. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Nat Etym: [For ne at.]
Definition: Not at; nor at. [Obs.] haucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 November 2024
(adjective) not functioning properly; “something is amiss”; “has gone completely haywire”; “something is wrong with the engine”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
