Oct or OCT may refer to:

Biology and medicine

  • Optical coherence tomography, an imaging method
  • Organic cation transport protein, a type of protein
  • Optimal cutting temperature compound, used in histology
  • Oncology clinical trial, a clinical trial in cancer research
  • Oxytocin challenge test, a type of contraction stress test in late stage pregnancy
  • Obsessive compulsive tendencies, a criterion involved in the diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder

Mathematics

  • Octal, abbreviated oct, the base-8 number system
  • Octahedron, sometimes abbreviated oct, a regular polyhedron
  • Odd cycle transversal, a concept in graph theory

Science and technology

  • Octave, symbol: oct., a unit of measurement in electronics
  • Octans, abbreviation: Oct, a constellation
  • Office of the Chief Technologist, a manager at the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts
  • Optical coherence tomography, an imaging method
  • Olefin conversion technology, a method in industrial chemistry
  • Office Customisation Tool, available in some versions of Microsoft Office 2007

Chinese places and companies

  • Overseas Chinese Town, (narrowly) a theme park or (broadly) an area in Shenzhen
  • OCT Tower, a skyscraper in Overseas Chinese Town
  • Overseas Chinese Town station (OCT Station), a metro station in Shenzhen
  • Overseas Chinese Town Limited, a company
  • OCT Harbour, a retail development in Shenzhen

Other uses

  • Oct., an abbreviation for the month of October, the tenth month of the year
  • Ontario College of Teachers, a professional self-regulatory body
  • Ontario Certified Teacher, a professional designation from the Ontario College of Teachers
  • Orangi Charitable Trust, a Pakistani microfinance organisation
  • Orion correlation theory, a fringe theory in Egyptology
  • Overseas countries and territories, special territories in relation to the European Union
  • Oxford Classical Texts, a book series
  • Oklahoma City Thunder, an American basketball team
  • Octuple scull, an eight-man racing shell found in the sport of rowing

See also

  • OTC (disambiguation)