nat

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Burmese နတ် (nat).

noun

  1. A spirit in Burmese mythology, whose cult is followed alongside Buddhism.
    They greatly dread evil "Nats" or spirits, to whom they attribute every possible misfortune or illness. 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 175

Etymology 2

Reduced form of naught.

adv

  1. (obsolete) Not.
    And he a pistle rowned in her eare, / Nat what I want, for I ne came nat there. 1614, William Browne, The Shepheard's Pipe

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of natural logarithm.

noun

  1. A logarithmic unit of information or entropy, based on natural logarithms.

Etymology 4

noun

  1. (colloquial, US) Clipping of natatorium.

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