Definition/Meaning of nat
- English - Noun: nat (plural nats) A spirit in Burmese mythology, whose cult is followed alongside Buddhism . 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 175: They greatly dread evil " Nats " or spirits, to whom they attribute every possible misfortune or illness. nat (plural nats) A logarithmic unit of information or entropy , based on natural logarithms. nat (plural nats) (US, abbreviation, clipping,…
- English - Adverb: nat (not comparable) (not comparable, obsolete) Not . 1614, William Browne, The Shepheard's Pipe: And he a pistle rowned in her eare, / Nat what I want, for I ne came nat there.
- English - Adjective: nat (not comparable) (abbreviation, clipping, not comparable, slang) Clipping of natural (“pertaining to a dice roll before bonuses or penalties have been applied to the result”). After rolling a Strength check to move a heavy cabinet, I got a nat 1 and the cabinet fell on me. 2022, Shelly Mazzanoble, Welcome to Dragon Talk: Inspiring Conversations About Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who…
- English - Etymology: Etymology 1. Borrowing from Burmese နတ် (nat). Etymology 2. Reduced form of naught . Etymology 3. Abbreviation of natural logarithm . Etymology 4. Clipping of natural .
- English - Pronunciation: IPA: /nɑːt/ Rhymes: -ɑːt