LUT
/lut/
LUT is the initialism of lookup table.
Meaning of lookup table
Noun
lookup table (plural lookup tables)
- A data structure created for the purpose of translating keys into values.
- Synonyms:
- LUT
- A color filter.
Proper noun capitalized: Lut
Lut
- Lot, a prophet of Islam.
- And to Lut, too, We gave Judgment and Knowledge, and We saved him from the town which practised abominations: truly they were a people given to Evil, a rebellious people.1934, Abdullah Yusuf Ali, transl., The Holy Qur'an, 21:74
- The Prophet Lut, the Prophet Ibrahim's nephew, lived in the city of Sodom located on the western shore of the Dead Sea.2010, Mary Saad Assel, 25 Icons of Peace in the Qur'an: Lessons of Harmony, New York: iUniverse, page 56
Forms of LUT
| plural | LUTs |
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Origin of LUT
Borrowed from Arabic لُوط (lūṭ), ultimately from Hebrew לוֹט (lot). Doublet of Lot.
Questions about LUT
- What does LUT mean?
- LUT means lot, a prophet of Islam.
- What is LUT the initialism of?
- LUT is the initialism of lookup table.
- What part of speech is LUT?
- LUT is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce LUT?
- LUT is pronounced /lut/.
Words near LUT in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: LUT (page history and authors); Lut (page history and authors); lookup table (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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