Aseat is a place tosit. The term may encompass additional features, such as back,armrest,head restraint but may also refer to concentrations of power in a wider sense (i.e "seat (legal entity)"). See disambiguation.
The word seat comes from Middle Englishsete, Old Englishgesete/geseten and/orsǣte seat,sittan to sit. Possibly related to or cognate with Old Norsesæti. The first known use of the word seat is in the 13th century.[1]
For someone seated, the 'buttock popliteal' length is the horizontal distance from the rearmost part of thebuttocks to the back of thelower leg.[2] Thisanthropometric measurement is used to determine seat depth. Mass-produced chairs typically use a depth of 15 to 16 inches (38.1 to 40.6 cm).[3]