Meaning

A spirit in Burmese mythology, whose cult is followed alongside Buddhism..

Definitions by Sense

1. A spirit in Burmese mythology, whose cult is followed alongside Buddhism.
2. (obsolete) Not.
3. A logarithmic unit of information or entropy, based on natural logarithms.
4. (colloquial, US) Clipping of natatorium.
5. (roleplaying games, dice games, slang) Clipping of natural (“pertaining to a dice roll before bonuses or penalties have been applied to the result”).

Example Sentences

They greatly dread evil "Nats" or spirits, to whom they attribute every possible misfortune or illness.

And he a pistle rowned in her eare, / Nat what I want, for I ne came nat there.

After rolling a Strength check to move a heavy cabinet, I got a nat 1 and the cabinet fell on me.

in the Dark Sun campaign I'm playing in, the DM handles crits/fumbles this way: Natural 20: an excellent attack, player gets a bonus attack, if he gets another Nat. 20, he gets a 3rd attack, and so on.

Almost killed my cleric mage when she was juggling with another bard...missed the juggling check, rolled a nat 20 on the to-hit roll, and rolled maximum damage...and said cleric-mage was already wounded, and recuperating...8P

But she continued. "I do a Survival check to see if there are any worm people in these puddles... and roll a nat twenty!"

Word Forms

• nats

Synonyms for nat.

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When Should You Use Nat.?

Use nat. when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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