AT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does At mean? 

• AT (noun)
  The noun AT has 2 senses:

1. a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium

2. 100 at equal 1 kip in Laos

  Familiarity information: AT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

astatine; At; atomic number 85

Hypernyms ("At" is a kind of...):

chemical element; element (any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter)

halogen (any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

100 at equal 1 kip in Laos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("at" is a kind of...):

Laotian monetary unit (monetary unit in Laos)

Holonyms ("at" is a part of...):

kip (the basic unit of money in Laos)

 Context examples 

Into his eyes leaped a wistfulness and a yearning as promptly as the yearning leaps into the eyes of a starving man at sight of food.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I presume that you made an inventory of what he had in his pockets at the time of his death, Inspector?

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(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Dorothy caught Toto at last and started to follow her aunt.

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“Then we’ll drop him over without any palavering, unless our clerical-looking castaway has the burial service at sea by heart.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The other man followed at his heels.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

I wished to get down and walk up them, as we do at home, but the driver would not hear of it.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

She lives quietly, sings at concerts, drives out at five every day, and returns at seven sharp for dinner. Seldom goes out at other times, except when she sings.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)