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	Seat can refer to: A place to sit, particularly the area one sits upon (rather than other elements, like armrests), See: Chair Chair A chair is used to sit on, commonly for use by one person. Chairs often have the seat raised above floor level, supported by four legs. A back or arm rests in a stool, or when raised up, a bar stool or high chair .... Car seat Car seat A car seat is the chair used in automobiles. Most car seats are made from cheap, but durable materials, made to withstand as much beating as possible.... Airline seat Airline seat Airline seats are chairs on an airliner in which passengers are accommodated for the duration of the journey. Such seats are usually arranged in rows running across the airplane's fuselage.... Saddle Saddle A saddle is a supportive structure for a rider or other load, fastened to an animal's back by a girth . The most common type is the equestrian saddle designed for a horse, but specialized saddles have been created for camels and other creatures.... , a type of seat used on the backs of animals, bicycles (see bicycle seat Bicycle seat A bicycle seat, unlike a bicycle saddle is designed to support 100% of the riders weight and is found attached to a recumbent bicycle. Arthur Garford is credited as the inventor of the padded bicycle seat in 1892.... ), etc. Buttocks Buttocks The buttocks are rounded portions of the anatomy located on the posterior of the pelvic region of the apes, including humans and many other bipeds or quadrupeds.... , the part of the body on which one sits A place or office of authority: Chair (official) Chair (official) The chairman is the highest office of an organized group such as a Board of directors, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office is typically elected or appointed by the members of the group.... , a seat of office, authority, or dignity the Cathedra Cathedra A *cathedra* is the chair or throne of a bishop. It is a symbol of the bishop's teaching authority in the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, and has in some sense remained such in the Anglican Communion and in Lutheran church es.... of a bishop Bishop A bishop is an ordination or consecration member of the Clergy#Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight.... Legislative seat, a membership in a parliament or other legislature Seat (legal entity) Seat (legal entity) In strict legal English, the term seat defines the seat of a corporation or organization as a juristic person, indicating where the headquarters of this entity are located.... , indicating where the headquarters of the entity are located The capital city of an administrative region, such as: County seat County seat A county seat or parish seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there.... Canton seat Clan seat Country seat, a place in the country Throne Throne A throne is the official chair or seat upon which a monarch is seated on state or ceremonial occasions. "Throne" in an abstract sense can also refer to the monarchy or the Crown itself, an instance of metonymy, and is also used in many terms such as "power behind the throne".... , the original seat of authority from which others may be derived Seat (territorial-administrative unit) Seat (territorial-administrative unit) Seats were territorial-administrative units in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. The seats were autonomous regions within the Kingdom, and were independent from the feudal Comitatus .... territorial-administrative unit in the medieval Hungarian Kingdom Other: SEAT Seat Seat can refer to:A place to sit, particularly the area one sits upon , See:* Chair* Car seat* Airline seat* Saddle, a type of seat used on the backs of animals, bicycles , etc.... , a Spanish car manufacturer, now owned by the Volkswagen Group (AG) Seat Pagine Gialle Seat Pagine Gialle Seat Pagine Gialle is an Italian company with a strong European presence in the directories market place. The UK subsidiary is Thomson directories.... , the Italian Yellow Pages group SEATS, Signal Extraction in ARIMA Time Series", an Econometric package (Gómez y Maravall, 1996)