Seat (disambiguation)

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
• Left seat, pilot in command's seat
• Right seat, co-pilot's seat
• Saddle, a type of seat used on the backs of animals, bicycles (seebicycle 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.

• 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
• An administrative centre, the capital city of an administrative region, such as:
  • County seat
  • Canton seat
  • Clan seat
• Country seat, a place in the country
• Throne, the original seat of authority from which others may be derived
• Seat (territorial-administrative unit) territorial-administrative unit in the medieval Hungarian Kingdom

Other

• SEAT, the Spanish car manufacturer, now owned by the Volkswagen Group (AG)
• Rebour, a French car manufacturer building cars in the early twentieth century, sold as Catalonia S.E.A.T. (Sociedad Española de Automóviles y Transportes)
• Southeast Area Transit, a bus agency in Connecticut.
• Seat Pagine Gialle, the Italian Yellow Pages group
• Single Engine Air Tanker, a type of aircraft

See also

• Seating assignment
• Seating capacity