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nat en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /nɑːt/

Etymology

Borrowing from Burmese နတ် (nat).

Meanings

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:

Forms

nat en · ADV · etymology 2

Etymology

Reduced form of naught.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, 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:

nat en · NOUN · etymology 3

Etymology

Abbreviation of natural logarithm.

Meanings

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

Forms

Relateds

bit · qubit

Synonyms

nepit · nit

nat en · NOUN · etymology 4

Meanings

1. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial) Clipping of natatorium.
   alt of natatorium

Forms

nat en · ADJ · etymology 5

Etymology

Clipping of natural.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable, qualifier:roleplaying games, slang) Clipping of natural (“pertaining to a dice roll before bonuses or penalties have been applied to the result”).
   alt of natural
   • in the Dark Sun campaign I'm playing in, the DM handles crits/fumbles this way: Natural 20: an excellent attack, player gets a bonus attack, if he gets another Nat. 20, he gets a 3rd attack, and so on. 1992 October 5, Jordan M. Wolbrum, “Critical Hits”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet):
   • Almost killed my cleric mage when she was juggling with another bard...missed the juggling check, rolled a nat 20 on the to-hit roll, and rolled maximum damage...and said cleric-mage was already wounded, and recuperating...8P 1995 September 21, Deanna Hatter, “How to roll d16 in level distribution?”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet):
   • After rolling a Strength check to move a heavy cabinet, I got a nat 1 and the cabinet fell on me.
   • But she continued. "I do a Survival check to see if there are any worm people in these puddles... and roll a nat twenty!" 2022, Shelly Mazzanoble, Welcome to Dragon Talk: Inspiring Conversations About Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Love to Play It, Iowa City, I.A.: University of Iowa Press, →ISBN, page 56:

nat en · NOUN · etymology 6

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of nationalist.
   alt of nationalist

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