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ATS

"ATS" is a plural of: at.

Date "ATS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1602. (references)

"ATS" is a common misspelling or typo for: acts, ads, ants, arts, as, at, ate, its.


Specialty Definition: ATS

DomainDefinition

Computing

ATS Attribute Translation System. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Census

(Annual Trade Survey) Provides annual sales and year-end inventory data, inventory valuation methods, purchases, and gross margin data at the United States total level. (Services Division). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: ATS

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

ATS

DutchAbstracte testreeksPost & Telecom

ATS

EnglishAbsolute Temperature ScaleN/A

ATS

FrenchServices de la circulation aérienneN/A

ATS

GermanAutomatisches Test-SystemN/A

ATS

PortugueseSequência de ensaios abstractaPost & Telecom

ATS

SpanishSatélite de tecnología de aplicacionesElectrical Engineering

ATS

SwedishAbstrakt testsvitPost & Telecom
ATS,atsEnglishAided tracking systemMilitary & Defense, Post & Telecom

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: ATS

Specialty definitions using "ATS": Attribute Translation Systemfiled flight planparabolic antennarepetitive flight planterminal control area, TLAs. (references)
Non-English Usage: "ATS" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Portuguese (abstract test suite).

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Commercial Usage: ATS

DomainTitle

References

  • ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • ATS Medical Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • ATS Money Systems, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • ATS MEDICAL, INC.: Labor Productivity Benchmarks and International Gap Analysis [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

  • New Rudman's Questions and Answers on the Clep College Level Examination Program: General Examinations (College Level Examination Series (Clep, Ats 9 (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: ATS

Illustrations:
ATS

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Photo Album: ATS

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Graphic of GOES satellite operation. Satellite shown is similar to ATS series of satellites. Credit: NOAA in Space.

Applications Technology Satellite 3 (ATS-3) image of the western hemisphere. The ATS satellites were forerunners of the GOES family of satellites. Tropical Storm Becky is churning in the NE Gulf of Mexico. Credit: NOAA in Space.

Conceptual diagram of ATS, the Applications Technology Satellite series. These satellites were forerunners of the GOES satellite system. Credit: NOAA in Space.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: ATS

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

In late autumn 2000, Telekom Austria will be listed on the stock exchange and 25 percent of its shares capital is expected to be floated in a move designed to attract ATS 40 million ($ 2.7 million). (references)

Worker Rights

Austria

In July the first payments from the $400 million (6 billion ATS) fund were sent to victims of forced and slave labor. (references)

Austria

The estimated accepted unofficial minimum gross income is $10,928 (171,451 ATS) per year, and it provides a decent standard of living for a worker and family. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: ATS

"ATS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 84.09% of the time. "ATS" is used about 44 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)84.09%3756,631
Noun (proper)11.36%5157,705
Unclassified Items4.55%2245,945
                    Total100.00%44N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: ATS

CountryNameCountryName
Canada

ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc.

USA

ATS Medical Incorporated

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: ATS

Expressions using "ATS": appropriate ats authority ats airspace ats direct speech circuit ats route ats route designator. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ATS

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

ats

603

ats tour

9

ats wheels

48

256 atech ats

9

ats reliance

32

ats testing

9

ats turbo

23

ats p

7

ats w

17

ats police testing

7

ats diesel

16

ats euromaster

7

ats inc

15

goodyear wrangler ats

6

sangean ats 909

14

ats 909

6

ats tyres

14

ats com.com

6

ats paintball

13

sangean ats 505

6

127a ats

13

ats paintball gun

6

ats sports

13

ats turbos

6

256 ats

12

ats tennis

6

ats automation

12

ats tyres uk

6

ats racing

11

127a atech ats

5

ats inc.com

11

ats diesel performance

5

ats group

10

ats exhaust

5

ats toy soldier

10

ats tool

5

ats 34

10

ats battery car discount uk

5

ats medical

10

ats dish line o o team time u u

5

ats staffing

9

ats group reliance technical

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: ATS

Language Translations for "ATS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

ATS-rute (ATS route). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

ATS-route ( air traffic service ) (ATS route), ATC-route (ATS route, automatic traffic system route). (various references)

   

French

  

autorité compétente des services de la circulation aérienne (appropriate ATS authority), ADAPT (ATS Data Acquisition Processing and Transfer), route ATS (ATS route), itinéraire en espace aérien contrôlé (ATS route), comptes ATS (ATS Accounts), circuit de communications verbales directes ATS (ATS direct speech circuit). (various references)

   

German

  

ATS-Strecke (ATS route), FS-Strecke (ATS route, automatic traffic system route), Flugsicherung-Strecke (ATS route, automatic traffic system route). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αεροδιάδρομος αυτόματου συστήματος εναέριας κυκλοφορίας (ATS route, automatic traffic system route), διαδρομή σε ελεγχόμενο εναέριο χώρο (ATS route, automatic traffic system route). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

repülõtéri utas- és áruforgalom (airport traffic), repülõtéri forgalom (aerodrome traffic, airport traffic). (various references)

   

Italian

  

tratto-ATS (ATS route), rotta in spazio aereo controllato (ATS route, automatic traffic system route), rotta ATS (ATS route, automatic traffic system route). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

atsay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

rota ATS (ATS route, automatic traffic system route). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

по иску (ats at the suit). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

autoridad ATS competente (appropriate ATS authority), ruta ATS (ATS route, automatic traffic system route), itinerario en espacio aéreo de control automático (ATS route, automatic traffic system route), cuentas ATS (ATS Accounts, Automatic Transfer Services Accounts), circuito oral directo ATS (ATS direct speech circuit). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: ATS

Derivations

Words ending with "ATS": achromats, acrobats, aerosats, aerostats, airboats, amadavats, anastigmats, apparats, appestats, arhats, aristocrats, assignats, autocrats, avadavats, baccarats, backbeats, backchats, backseats, bacteriostats, bakemeats, bareboats, bathmats, bats, bearcats, beats, blats, bleats, bloats, bluecoats, boats, bobcats, brats, brickbats, browbeats, buckwheats, bullbats, bumboats, bureaucrats, bushgoats, butterfats, carats, catboats, cats, caveats, cervelats, chats, cheats, chitchats, cleats, coats, cockboats. (additional references)

Words containing "ATS": arhatship, arhatships, batsman, batsmen, boatsman, boatsmen, boatswain, boatswains, catspaw, catspaws, catsup, catsups, fatshedera, fatshederas, fatso, fatsoes, fatsos, fatstock, fatstocks, goatskin, goatskins, goatsucker, goatsuckers, hatsful, heatstroke, heatstrokes, kaffeeklatsch, kaffeeklatsches, kazatski, kazatskies, kazatsky, klatsch, klatsches, matsah, matsahs, patsies, patsy, ratsbane, ratsbanes, satsuma, satsumas, shiatsu, shiatsus, sweatshirt, sweatshirts, sweatshop, sweatshops, tsatske, tsatskes, whatshisname, whatsis. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: ATS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: sat, tas.

Words within the letters "a-s-t"

-1 letter: as, at, ta.

 Words containing the letters "a-s-t"
 

+1 letter: acts, aits, alts, ants, arts, ates, bast, bats, cast, cats, east, eats, etas, fast, fats, gast, gats, hast, hats, kats, last, lats, mast, mats, oast, oats, past, pats, qats, rats, salt, sate, sati, scat, seat, seta, skat, slat, spat, stab, stag, star, stat, staw, stay, stoa, swat, tabs, tads, tags, tams, tans, taos, taps, tars, task, tass, tats, taus, tavs, taws, teas, tsar, twas, utas, vast, vats, wast, wats.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Names: Company Usage
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Abbreviations
13. Acronyms
14. Derivations
15. Anagrams
16. Bibliography


  

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