"NAT" meaning in English

See NAT in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper-noun}} NAT
  1. (politics) Abbreviation of National Party. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: National Party
    Sense id: en-NAT-en-name-o2o0DATf Categories (other): Politics Topics: government, politics
  2. (aviation) Abbreviation of North Atlantic Tracks. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: North Atlantic Tracks
    Sense id: en-NAT-en-name-lwYAJhF9 Categories (other): Aviation Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. (Philippines, education) Initialism of National Achievement Test. Tags: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: National Achievement Test
    Sense id: en-NAT-en-name-OyWVU-iE Categories (other): Philippine English, Education Topics: education

Noun

Forms: NATs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} NAT (countable and uncountable, plural NATs)
  1. (genetics) Initialism of nucleic acid test. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: nucleic acid test
    Sense id: en-NAT-en-noun-HwFVQuix Categories (other): Genetics, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 17 18 29 8 15 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 13 19 33 5 8 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 12 19 33 6 10 14 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
  2. (networking) Acronym of network address translation (“network address rewriting”). Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: network address translation (extra: network address rewriting) Coordinate_terms: PAT
    Sense id: en-NAT-en-noun-exFnVeUN Categories (other): Networking Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences
  3. (networking) Acronym of network address translator (“device that implements that network function; a NAT firewall”). Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: network address translator (extra: device that implements that network function; a NAT firewall) Derived forms: natting
    Sense id: en-NAT-en-noun-HPsX4UVt Categories (other): Networking Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences
  4. Negative automatic thoughts. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-NAT-en-noun-Fy3xfdq0

Inflected forms

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