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

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)
  • Micro Computed Tomography

Psychology

  • Metacognitive therapy

Transportation

  • Mars Colonial Transporter, a proposed interplanetary transportation system by SpaceX
  • Madison County Transit, a public transportation service in Madison County, Illinois
  • 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 organization
  • 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
  • Multichannel television
  • Mutable collagenous tissue

See also

  • MCTS (disambiguation)