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Seat can refer to:
A place to sit (a "seat"), particularly the area one sits upon (rather than other elements, like armrests). It derives from Middle English sete and from Old Norse sæti.
See:
- Chair
- Car seat
- Infant car seat, for children in a car
- Airline seat
- Ejection seat, rescue seat in an aircraft
- Jump seat, auxiliary seat in a vehicle
- Right seat, co-pilot's seat
- Saddle, a type of seat used on the backs of animals, bicycles (see bicycle seat), etc.
- Buttocks, the part of the body on which one sits
A place or office of authority. This meaning derives from the Latin word situs, a place.
See:
- Chair (official), a seat of office, authority, or dignity
- the family seat of a noble family, sometimes referred to as an ancestral seat
- the cathedra of a bishop
- Legislative seat, a membership in a parliament or other legislature
- Seat (legal entity), indicating where the headquarters of the entity are located
- Seat of government, the building(s) or city from which a government exercises its authority
- An administrative centre, the capital city of an administrative region, such as:
- Country seat, a place in the country
- Throne, the original seat of authority from which others may be derived
- Seat (administrative division), territorial-administrative unit in the medieval Hungarian Kingdom