Seat (disambiguation)

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.

Seat can refer to:

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:
  • 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, a Spanish car manufacturer, originally a state owned company but now owned by the Volkswagen Group
• S.E.A.T. (Sociedad Española de Automóviles y Transportes), a company that sold the French car brand Rebour in Catalonia in the early 20th century
• Seat (Buttermere), a fell in the Lake District, Cumbria, England
• Southeast Area Transit, a bus agency in Connecticut
• Single Engine Air Tanker, a type of aircraft
• Seat, a proper name used for the star Pi Aquarii

See also

• Seating assignment
• Seating capacity