Mast, MAST or MASt may refer to:

Engineering

Mast (sailing) The mast of a sailing vessel is a tall spar, or arrangement of spars, erected more or less vertically on the centre-line of a ship or boat. Its purposes include carrying sails, spars, and derricks, and giving necessary height to a navigation ...

, a vertical spar on a sailing ship * Flagmast, a pole for flying a flag * Guyed mast, a structure supported by guy-wires *

Mooring mast A mooring mast, or mooring tower, is a structure designed to allow for the docking of an airship outside of an airship hangar or similar structure. More specifically, a mooring mast is a mast or tower that contains a fitting on its top that allo ...

, a structure for docking an airship *

Radio masts and towers Radio masts and towers are typically tall structures designed to support antennas for telecommunications and broadcasting, including television. There are two main types: guyed and self-supporting structures. They are among the tallest human-made ...

, towers that carry antennas * The primary support for a

helicopter rotor A helicopter main rotor or rotor system is the combination of several rotary wings (rotor blades) with a control system, that generates the aerodynamic lift force that supports the weight of the helicopter, and the thrust that counteracts aero ...

* The main vertical structure of a

forklift truck A forklift (also called lift truck, jitney, hi-lo, fork truck, fork hoist, and forklift truck) is a powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials over short distances. The forklift was developed in the early 20th century by various ...

Multi-axis shaker table A simulation table is an automotive test system specifically designed for the high-frequency testing of vehicle components. It is sometimes also called a Multi-Axis Shaker Table or MAST. They can simulate acceleration and displacement outputs a ...

, an automotive test system * Model for assessment of telemedicine, used to assess long-distance medical treatment

Biology

* Mast (botany), the edible parts of woody plants *

Mast Arboretum Mast Arboretum is a arboretum and botanical garden on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, one of 4 main gardens on the campus. The arboretum is open daily without charge. The arboretum began in 1985 as a land ...

, at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas * Mast cell, involved in the allergy response * Mast., in botanical naming, the standard author abbreviation for Maxwell T. Masters * Two microtubule-associated serine/threonine-protein kinase enzymes: **

MAST1 Microtubule-associated serine/threonine-protein kinase 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''MAST1'' gene. References Further reading * * * * * * * * EC 2.7.11 {{gene-19-stub ...

, an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''MAST1'' gene **

MAST2 Microtubule-associated serine/threonine-protein kinase 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''MAST2'' gene. The protein encoded by this gene controls TRAF6 and NF-kappaB activity. Interactions MAST2 has been shown to interact with ...

, an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''MAST2'' gene

Science

* Multi-Application Survivable Tether, an experimental space mission *

Multimission Archive at STScI The NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive (NSSDCA) serves as the permanent archive for NASA space science mission data. "Space science" includes astronomy and astrophysics, solar and space plasma physics, and planetary and lunar science. As ...

, a component of the National Space Science Data Center * Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak, a nuclear fusion experiment in the UK *

Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes The Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST) is an astronomical data archive. The archive brings together data from the visible, ultraviolet, and near-infrared wavelength regimes. The NASA funded project is located at the Space Telescope Scie ...

in Maryland, USA

Society and culture

Mast (hieroglyph) The ancient Egyptian Mast hieroglyph is one of the oldest language hieroglyphs from Ancient Egypt. It is used on a famous label of Pharaoh Den of the First dynasty, but forms part of the location hieroglyph: Emblem of the East. Nectanebo II ...

, an Egyptian language triliteral *

Mast (naval) Non-judicial punishment (or NJP) is any form of punishment that may be applied to individual military personnel, without a need for a court martial or similar proceedings. United States In the United States Armed Forces, non-judicial punishment ...

, in naval tradition, a non-judicial disciplinary hearing *

Mast (Sufism) A mast (pronounced "must"), in Meher Baba's teaching, is a person who is overwhelmed with love for God, accompanied with external disorientation resembling intoxication. The word was coined by Meher Baba and originates from the Sufi term mast-Alla ...

, in India, Pakistan, and Iran, a type of religious intoxication * ''Mast'' (film), a 1999 Indian movie by Ram Gopal Verma *

Mast General Store __NOTOC__ The Mast General Store is a general store located in Historic Valle Crucis, North Carolina. It is recognized by the National Register of Historic Places as one of the best remaining examples of the type. It is still the center of the ...

, an American regional store chain

Places

Mast-e Olya Mehr-e Olya ( fa, مهرعليا, also Romanized as Mehr-e ‘Olyā; also known as Mast-e Bālā, Mast-e ‘Olyā, and Mast-ī-Bāla) is a village in Enaj Rural District, Qareh Chay District, Khondab County, Markazi Province, Iran Iran, ...

, a village in Markazi Province, Iran * Mast-e Sofla, a village in Markazi Province, Iran

Organizations

Maritime Archaeology Sea Trust Maritime Archaeology Sea Trust (MAST) is a charitable trust founded in February 2011, which focuses on investigations into the maritime heritage of the United Kingdom and further afield, through historical and archaeological investigations. M ...

, a UK-based charity * Masters And slaves Together (MAsT), an international BDSM organization *

Municipal Ambulance Services Trust Metropolitan Ambulance Services Trust ("MAST") is a former non-profit EMS agency that was the sole ambulance provider for Kansas City, Missouri. On April 25, 2010, MAST was merged into the Kansas City Fire Department to operate as one municipal ...

, an EMS provider in Kansas City, Missouri

Schools and education

Marine Academy of Science and Technology The Marine Academy of Science and Technology (MAST) is a coeducational four-year magnet public high school located in the Sandy Hook section of Middletown Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth thro ...

, a school in Sandy Hook, New Jersey *

MAST Academy Maritime and Science Technology Academy, commonly referred to as MAST Academy, or MAST, is a public high school in Miami, Florida, on Virginia Key. MAST Academy is a magnet school under the governance of Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The scho ...

(Maritime and Science Technology Academy), a school in Miami, Florida **

MAST Academy @ Homestead Medical Magnet Medical Academy for Science and Technology, also referred to as MAST Academy @ Homestead, is a secondary magnet school located in Homestead, Florida. It opened for the 2010-2011 school year as a few classrooms in Campbell Middle School (renamed Ce ...

, a school in Homestead, Florida ** José Martí MAST 6-12 Academy, a school in Hialeah, Florida *

Master of Advanced Studies A Master of Advanced Studies or Master of Advanced Study (MAS, M.A.S., or MASt) is a postgraduate degree awarded in various countries. Master of Advanced Studies programs may be non-consecutive programs tailored for "specific groups of working pro ...

(MASt), a degree offered by some universities

Other uses

* Mast (surname), a surname *

Mast (musician) Tim Conley (born January 10, 1978), better known by his stage name Mast (stylized as MAST), is a jazz artist, composer, producer and electronic musician. He resides in Los Angeles and is currently signed with Alpha Pup Records, an independent label ...

, American jazz artist *

Yogurt Yogurt (; , from tr, yoğurt, also spelled yoghurt, yogourt or yoghourt) is a food produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. The bacteria used to make yogurt are known as ''yogurt cultures''. Fermentation of sugars in the milk by these bac ...

in Persian and Kurdish * Michigan Alcohol Screening Test, a test for alcoholism * Military anti-shock trousers, a medical device {{disambiguation