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SAT
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Appendix:Variations of "sat"
Translingual
Etymology
mul w:Boolean satisfiability problem.
Symbol
mul computing theory The decision problem of deciding whether a given Boolean formula has an assignment of Boolean values to its variables that makes it true. A famous NP-complete problem.
English
Pronunciation
Initialism
en /ˌɛsˌeɪ̯ˈti/ [ˌɛsˌeɪ̯ˈtʰi] GA
en en-au-SAT.ogg AU
en iː 3
Acronym
en /sæt/ [sæʔ(t̚)] GA
en en-us-sat.ogg US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-SAT.wav US
en æt 1
Noun
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en surface air temperature en atmospheric sciences en w:Temperature_measurement#Surface_air_temperature surface air temperature.
en Q334113 en US various other countries en w: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.
en take the SAT
en take an SAT
en Some people claim that the SATs have gotten harder.
en w:The Atlantic Is This the Singularity for Standardized Tests? Ian Bogost 2023-03-21 https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/03/open-ai-gpt4-standardized-tests-sat-ap-exams/673458/ 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260220024136/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/03/open-ai-gpt4-standardized-tests-sat-ap-exams/673458/ 20 February 2026
en Q6972030 en British The National Curriculum assessment, formerly called (either officially or unofficially) by names including the Statutory Assessment Test and the Standard Attainment Test.
Anagrams
en ast Sta. ats ast TAs Sta sta AST Ast ATs tas Tas. ATS at's TSA T(S/A) as't TAS T.A.s Tas -ast TA's STA
en pseudo-acronyms