Seat (disambiguation)

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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
• 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
  • Family seat
• Country seat, a place in the country
• Throne, the original seat of authority from which others may be derived
• Seat (administrative division), territorial-administrative unit in the medieval Hungarian Kingdom