lat
IPA: ɫˈɑt
Root Word: LAT
noun
- (rail transport) The station code of Lam Tin in Hong Kong.
- (weaponry, rare) A staff, particularly one of an Indian kind.
- (architecture) A monumental pillar, particularly the Buddhist columns erected in East India.
- (UK slang, usually in the plural) A latrine: a rudimentary or military facility for urination and defecation.
- (numismatics, historical) The gold-backed monetary unit of Latvia from August 1922 until April 1941, when it was replaced by the Soviet ruble; it was typically pegged at about 25 to the British pound.
- (numismatics, historical) The floating fiat monetary unit of Latvia from 1992 until January 2014, when it was replaced by the euro.
- A coin or bill of either currency.
- (slang, usually in the plural) A latissimus dorsi muscle.
- (slang) Latitude.
- Initialism of Los Angeles Times.
- Initialism of lowest astronomical tide.
- (US) Initialism of laboratory animal technician.
- (firefighting, aviation) Acronym of large airtanker (“a class of waterbomber”).
- Initialism of living apart together, a couple who lives at different addresses.
adjective
- Initialism of living apart together, describing people in an intimate relationship who live at different addresses.
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Examples of "lat" in Sentences
- SET @lat = CAST ((lat + 90) * 11930464 AS UNSIGNED);
- The government introduced a new currency called the lat, which replaced the ruble.
- We left St. John's on the 25th November, and on the [night] of the 3d Dec. [1835] in lat.
- Latvia last year was suddenly awash with rumors of an imminent devaluation of the lat, which is pegged to the euro.
- "Big Englishman, too … he'll tell the Malki lat and Jangi lat* (*" Lord of War ", i.e. Gough.) how the troops acclaimed their Wazir.
- "Big Englishman, too ... he'll tell the Malki lat and Jangi lat* (*" Lord of War ", i.e. Gough.) how the troops acclaimed their Wazir.
- The oft-injured Harden will miss the next several weeks with what he described as lat stiffness under his right arm - which, Harden said, is the same injury he had early in the 2008 season.
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