Lat
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Lat or LAT may refer to:
Biology and medicine
Linker of activated T cells (LAT), a human gene and T-cell signalling protein
Large neutral amino acid transporter (LAT1), a membrane transport protein
HHV Latency Associated Transcript (HHV LAT), latent RNA from herpes simplex virus
Latissimus dorsi muscles, of the back (colloquially lats)
Maps
Latitude, a geo-coodinate
Lowest astronomical tide, a nautical chart datum
Media
Los Angeles Times, an American newspaper
LAT TV, Texas and Arizona, US
People
Lat (cartoonist) (born 1951), Malaysian comics creator
Lat Mayen (born 1998), South Sudanese-Australian basketball player
David Lat (born 1975), American lawyer and blogger
Places in Iran
Lat, Fuman, Gilan
Lat, Khomam, Gilan
Lat, Mazandaran
Lat, Qazvin
Lat-e Disar, Mazandaran
Technology and mathematics
Large Area Telescope, aboard the FGST
Local Area Transport, in computer networking
Linear approximation table, in cryptanalysis and logic
.lat, an internet top-level domain introduced in 2015
Other uses
Al-Lat, a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess
Lam Tin station, Hong Kong (MTR code:LAT)
Latin, a classical language (ISO 639-2/3:lat)
Latvia at the Olympics (IOC code:LAT)
Living apart together, couples who reside separately
See also
Lat.
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