Meaning of Sat | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Abbreviation of satellite (“artificial orbital body”).
   abbreviation, alt-of
2. Initialism of surface air temperature.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
3. Abbreviation of Saturday.
   abbreviation, alt-of
4. Abbreviation of satori (“a mutant gene of Drosophila, a genus of fruit flies, that causes homosexual behaviour in males (specifically, courtship directed to other males)”).
   abbreviation, alt-of
5. Ellipsis of SAT Reasoning Test, formerly an acronym for Scholastic Assessment Test and (originally) Scholastic Aptitude Test: a national exam taken annually by high school juniors and seniors.
   US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
6. Abbreviation of satoshi (“a hundred-millionth of a bitcoin”).
   abbreviation, alt-of
7. The National Curriculum assessment, formerly called (either officially or unofficially) by names including the Statutory Assessment Test and the Standard Attainment Test.
   British, countable, uncountable
8. Level of saturation (especially of oxygen in the blood).

Equivalents

Examples

“Also, your blood pressure and oxygen sats – that's the amount of oxygen in your blood.”

“[T]his is her third admission for breathing difficulties. The first two admissions we managed to control her and discharge her home with her mum. This time we can't get her oxygen sats up—they're actually falling.”

“Intubation is not necessary unless his oxygen sat reading is low.”

“take the SAT”

“take an SAT”

“Some people claim that the SATs have gotten harder.”

“AIs are no longer just producing passable five-paragraph essays. Now they’re excelling at the SAT, “earning” a score of 1410. […] To score a 1410 on the SAT says something about your capacities and prospects—maybe you can get into Stanford.”

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