asts

/AE1 S T S/
noun
  1. 1

    A surname.

  2. 2

    Initialism of Alaskan Standard Time.

  3. 3

    Initialism of Atlantic Standard Time. [The time of day in the time zone that encompasses the east coast of Canada, which lies on the Atlantic Ocean.]

  4. 4

    (medicine) Initialism of aspartate transaminase. [(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of amino groups between biologically active compounds, especially between aspartic acid and glutamic acid]

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    (computing) Initialism of abstract syntax tree.

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    (aviation) Initialism of advanced supersonic transport.

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    (sports) Initialism of average shot time (โ€œthe average time taken by a player on each shot recorded using World Snooker scoring systemโ€).

  8. 8

    (property law, real estate, England and Wales) Initialism of assured shorthold tenancy.

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    (mathematics) Initialism of alternating series test. [(mathematics) A test for determining whether an alternating series converges, which uses the fact that an alternating series converges if the absolute value of its terms is decreasing and approaches zero.]

verb
  1. 1

    Pronunciation spelling of asked, simple past and past participle of ask.