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Biot

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Biot or BIOT may refer to:

Places

  • Biot, Alpes-Maritimes, a commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
  • Biot, a village in Castelnau-de-Brassac, Midi-Pyrénées, France
  • Cape Biot, Greenland
  • British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), an overseas island territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean

Fiction

  • Biot ("BIological robOT"), the name given to an extraterrestrial biological robot in the fictional universe of Arthur C. Clarke's novel Rendezvous with Rama (1973).
  • Biot, a fictional world in the DC Comics universe; see Manhunters
  • Biological robot
  • Biot, Biological Optical Transputer Systems, robots in the Phantom 2040 animated series

People

  • Biot (surname)

Science

  • Biot (crater), a lunar crater, named after Jean-Baptiste Biot
  • Biot number, a dimensionless number used in heat transfer calculations, named after Jean-Baptiste Biot
  • Abampere, or Biot, a unit of current, named after Jean-Baptiste Biot
  • Biot's breathing, an abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by groups of quick, shallow inspirations followed by regular or irregular periods of apnea; named by Camille Biot
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