Rest
Rast means:
- a break
- a phase in the brewing process in which the temperature of the brew is kept constant
- Rast Holding , Swiss investment company
- part of the blast furnace ( see there : structure , section blast furnace)
- an old Norse unit of measurement, see old weights and measures (Scandinavia)
- as rāst a modal system ( maqam , mugham , shashmaqam or dastgah ) in oriental music. The striking of the strings of lute instruments in a certain direction and the mallet in the right hand when playing the santur are also called this.
Rast is the family name of the following people:
- Brian Rast (* 1981), American poker player
- Camille Rast (* 1999, Swiss ski racer)
- Christina Rast (* 1968), Swiss director
- David Steindl-Rast (* 1926), American Benedictine and mystic
- Diana Rast (* 1970), Swiss cyclist
- Florian Rast (* 1984), German film and theater actor
- Franziska Messner-Rast (* 1951), Swiss photographer
- Georg Rast (1651–1729), German physician
- Georg Heinrich Rast (1695–1726), German astronomer
- Gertrud Rast (1897–1993), German politician (KPD, DKP), KPD state chairwoman in Schleswig-Holstein
- Grégory Rast (* 1980), Swiss cyclist
- Johann Rast (* 1954), German lawyer
- Kaspar Rast (* 1972), Swiss jazz musician
- Michael Rast (photographer) (* 1955), Swiss photographer
- Michael Rast (actor) (* 1970), Austrian actor
- Oliver Rast (* 1973), German activist, member of the militant group (mg)
- René Rast (* 1986), German racing driver
- Robert Rast (1920–1946), Swiss Jesuit
- Susanne Rast (* 1962), German sculptor and draftsman
Rast is the place name of the following places:
- Rast (Dolj) , a municipality in Dolj County (Romania)
- Rast (Langenbach) , part of the municipality of Langenbach , Freising district, Bavaria
- Rast (Sauldorf) , district of Sauldorf in Baden-Württemberg
- Rast (Tiefenbach) , part of the municipality of Tiefenbach , Passau district, Bavaria
RAST as an abbreviation stands for
- Radio-Allergo-Sorbent-Test (English Radioallergosorbent test ), a laboratory test for allergy diagnostics, with which immunoglobulin against certain allergens can be detected in a blood sample
- Guidelines for the construction of city streets , a technical set of rules in road construction
- Legal Application Office (RASt)
- Presentation meeting of foreign students NRW (RaSt), a regional association of the Federal Association of Foreign Students
- Regular job , term tax law
- RAST connectors are connectors of the household appliance standards RAST 2.5 and RAST 5
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Wiktionary: Rast - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations