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 median line of a ship or boat. Its purposes include carrying sails, spars, and derricks, giving necessary height to a navigation lig ...

, a vertical spar on a sailing ship * Flagmast, a pole for flying a flag *

Guyed mast A guyed mast is a tall thin vertical structure that depends on guy lines (diagonal tensioned cables attached to the ground or a base) for stability. The mast itself has the compressive strength to support its own weight, but does not have the ...

, 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 antenna (radio), antennas for telecommunications and broadcasting, including television. There are two main types: guyed and self-supporting structures. They are among the ...

, towers that carry antennas * The primary support for a

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

* The main vertical structure of a

forklift truck A forklift (also called industrial truck, 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 c ...

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

Biology

Mast (botany) Mast is the fruit of forest trees and shrubs, such as acorns and other nuts. The term derives from the Old English ''mæst'', meaning the nuts of forest trees that have accumulated on the ground, especially those used historically for fattening do ...

, the edible parts of woody plants * Mast Arboretum, at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas *

Mast cell A mast cell (also known as a mastocyte or a labrocyte) is a resident cell of connective tissue that contains many granules rich in histamine and heparin. Specifically, it is a type of granulocyte derived from the myeloid stem cell that is a p ...

, 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, an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''MAST1'' gene ** MAST2, an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''MAST2'' gene * MAST (MArine STramenopiles), clades of environmental DNA sequences from uncultured

stramenopile The stramenopiles, also called heterokonts, are protists distinguished by the presence of stiff tripartite external hairs. In most species, the hairs are attached to flagella, in some they are attached to other areas of the cellular surface, an ...

microorganisms obtained in marine ecosystems.

Science

Multi-Application Survivable Tether The Multi-Application Survivable Tether (MAST) experiment was an in-space investigation designed to use CubeSat spacecraft connected by tethers to better understand the survivability of tethers in space.Robert Hoyt, Jeffrey Slostad, and Robert T ...

, 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 Sc ...

in Maryland, USA

Society and culture

* Mast (hieroglyph), an Egyptian language triliteral *

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

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

Mast (Sufism) A mast (from Persian ), 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-Allah ...

, in India, Pakistan, and Iran, a type of religious intoxication **

Mast (Meher Baba) A mast (from Persian ), 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-Allah ...

, in the philosophy of Indian mystic Meher Baba * ''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 (, 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, officially the I ...

, a village in Markazi Province, Iran *

Mast-e Sofla Mehr-e Sofla () is a village in Enaj Rural District of Qareh Chay District, Khondab County, Markazi province, Iran. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,432 in 670 households, w ...

, 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, a school in Sandy Hook, New Jersey * MAST Academy (Maritime and Science Technology Academy), a school in Miami, Florida ** MAST Academy @ Homestead Medical Magnet, 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 (MASt or MAS), or Master of Advanced Study, is a postgraduate degree awarded in various countries. Master of Advanced Studies programs may be non-consecutive programs tailored for "specific groups of working professio ...

(MASt), a degree offered by some universities

Other uses

* Mast (surname), a surname * Mast (musician), American jazz artist *

Yogurt Yogurt (; , from , ; also spelled yoghurt, yogourt or yoghourt) is a food produced by bacterial Fermentation (food), fermentation of milk. Fermentation of sugars in the milk by these bacteria produces lactic acid, which acts on milk protein to ...

in Persian and Kurdish *

Michigan Alcohol Screening Test The Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST) screening tool was developed in 1971, and is one of the oldest alcoholism-screening tests for identifying dependent drinkers. Its use is constructed for the general population. There are other version ...

, a test for alcoholism *

Military anti-shock trousers Military anti-shock trousers (MAST), or pneumatic anti-shock garments (PASG), are medical devices used to treat severe blood loss. The device is usually applied to the patient's pelvis, abdomen, and lower parts of the body and is composed of man-m ...

, a medical device