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Asat

1 American  
[uh-suht] / ˈʌ sʌt /

noun

Hinduism.
  1. (in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.


ASAT 2 American  
[ey-sat] / ˈeɪˌsæt /

abbreviation

  1. antisatellite.


Example Sentences

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Two years ago, a normally insouciant defense consultant with a high security clearance told me that a briefing he’d recently received on Russia and China’s anti-satellite, or ASAT, programs left him “shaken.”

From Slate

Rayhan Asat, a human rights lawyer of Uyghur heritage, told the wire service.

From Washington Times

Space Command, told reporters on a teleconference from Hawaii that such ASAT, or anti-satellite, tests congest space with debris.

From Reuters

Rayhan Asat, a United States-based Uyghur human rights lawyer, said in an email that the protests “present a real but limited opportunity to open the eyes of the Han to what we’ve been going through.”

From New York Times

In Oxford, England, a video uploaded to Twitter by Uyghur human rights campaigner Rayhan Asat appeared to show another small vigil held outside the university town’s Bodleian Library on Sunday.

From Washington Post