MCT

MCT may refer to:

Astronomy

• A Maksutov–Cassegrain telescope
• Morning Civil Twilight, from when the center of the Sun is less than 6° below the horizon to sunrise.

Biochemistry

• Medium-chain triglycerides, a class of fat with specific dietary and technical properties (also MCT oil)
• Monocarboxylate transporters, a family of proton-linked plasma membrane transporters that carry molecules having one carboxylate group (monocarboxylates), such as lactate and pyruvate, across biological membranes.
• Methyl halide transferase, an enzyme

Companies

• Marine Current Turbines
• McClatchy-Tribune Information Services, the news service formerly known as Knight Ridder Tribune
• Multi Channel Television, an Italian-based company, broadcasting though satellite, erotic programming

Computing

• Microsoft Certified Trainer
• Mobile Computer Terminal
• Multi Core Timer in Exynos (system on chip) processors

Engineering

• Maximum continuous thrust, an aviation abbreviation for a jet engine rating
• Mercury cadmium telluride (HgCdTe), a semiconductor with a particularly narrow bandgap used in mid- and far-infrared detectors (e.g. night vision)
• MOS-controlled thyristor, a type of thyristor (a solid-state semiconductor device)
• Multi Cable Transits, A fire-stop is a fire protection system made of various components used to seal openings and joints in fire-resistance rated wall and/or floor assemblies. For penetrating cables, these can also be called as Multi Cable Transits (MCTs).

Medicine

• Mast cell tumor
• Methacholine challenge test, a medical test to assess the degree of a bronchial hyperresponsiveness (e.g. in asthma).
• Munich Chronotype Questionnaire (MCTQ), a standardized test for evaluating patient sleep/wake patterns
• Ketogenic diet (MCT diet)

Psychology

• Metacognitive therapy

Transportation

• Mars Colonial Transporter, a proposed interplanetary transportation system by SpaceX
• Madison County Transit
• Muscat International Airport, the airport serving Muscat, Oman (IATA code is MCT)

Other

• Minnesota Chippewa Tribe
• Mengisa language (ISO 639 code: mct)
• Marine Combat Training, a training course at the United States Marine Corps School of Infantry
• Monotone convergence theorem, in mathematics
• Motivation crowding theory, in economics
• Member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers, a professional organisation
• Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant, the annual Toronto beauty pageant for Chinese Canadians
• Manganese cyclopentadienyl tricarbonyl, an antiknock additive for gasoline
• Mickelson Clarified Translation, in Modern English Bible translations
• Mutable collagenous tissue

See also

• MCTS (disambiguation)