MCT may refer to:

Astronomy

* A

Maksutov–Cassegrain telescope The Maksutov (also called a "Mak") is a catadioptric telescope design that combines a spherical mirror with a weakly negative meniscus lens in a design that takes advantage of all the surfaces being nearly "spherically symmetrical". The negative ...

* 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 Methyl halide transferase (, ''MCT'', methyl chloride transferase, ''S-adenosyl-L-methionine:halide/bisulfide methyltransferase'', ''AtHOL1'', ''AtHOL2'', ''AtHOL3'', ''HMT'', ''S-adenosyl-L-methionine: halide ion methyltransferase'', ''SAM:halide ...

, an enzyme

Companies

* Marine Current Turbines *

McClatchy-Tribune Information Services The McClatchy Company, commonly referred to as simply McClatchy, is an American publishing company incorporated under Delaware's General Corporation Law and based in Sacramento, California. It operates 29 daily newspapers in fourteen states an ...

, the news service formerly known as Knight Ridder Tribune *

Multi Channel Television Multichannel television in the United States has been available since at least 1948. The United States is served by multichannel television through cable television systems, direct-broadcast satellite providers, and various other wireline video pro ...

, an Italian-based company, broadcasting though satellite, erotic programming

Computing

* Microsoft Certified Trainer *

Mobile Computer Terminal A mobile data terminal (MDT) or mobile digital computer (MDC) is a computerized device used in emergency services, public transport, taxicabs, package delivery, roadside assistance, and logistics, among other fields, to communicate with a centra ...

*Multi Core Timer in

Exynos (system on chip) Exynos, formerly Hummingbird (), is a series of ARM architecture, ARM-based System on a chip, system-on-chips developed by Samsung Electronics' System LSI division and manufactured by Samsung Foundry. It is a continuation of Samsung's earlier ...

processors

Engineering

* Maximum continuous thrust, an aviation abbreviation for a

jet engine A jet engine is a type of reaction engine discharging a fast-moving jet of heated gas (usually air) that generates thrust by jet propulsion. While this broad definition can include rocket, Pump-jet, water jet, and hybrid propulsion, the term ...

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 firestop or fire-stopping is a form of passive fire protection that is used to seal around Penetration (firestop), openings and between Joint (building), joints in a Fire-resistance rating, fire-resistance-rated wall or floor assembly. Firestops ...

, 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 A mastocytoma or mast cell tumor is a type of round-cell tumor consisting of mast cells. It is found in humans and many animal species; it also can refer to an accumulation or nodule of mast cells that resembles a tumor. Mast cells originate f ...

Methacholine challenge test A bronchial challenge test is a medical test used to assist in the diagnosis of asthma. The patient breathes in nebulized methacholine or histamine. Thus the test may also be called a methacholine challenge test or histamine challenge test respe ...

, a medical test to assess the degree of a

bronchial hyperresponsiveness Bronchial hyperresponsiveness (or other combinations with airway or hyperreactivity, BH used as a general abbreviation) is a state characterised by easily triggered bronchospasm (contraction of the bronchioles or small airways). Bronchial hyperresp ...

(e.g. in asthma). *

Munich Chronotype Questionnaire The Munich Chronotype Questionnaire (MCTQ) was created in 1976 by Till Roenneberg and Martha Merrow at Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU) Munich. The MCTQ samples sleep and circadian rhythm data from more than 25,000 participants. Questions abo ...

(MCTQ), a standardized test for evaluating patient sleep/wake patterns * Ketogenic diet (MCT diet) * Micro Computed Tomography

Psychology

Metacognitive therapy Metacognitive therapy (MCT) is a psychotherapy focused on modifying metacognitive beliefs that perpetuate states of worry, rumination and attention fixation. It was created by Adrian Wells based on an information processing model by Wells and Ge ...

Transportation

Mars Colonial Transporter SpaceX Starship development began in 2012, when Elon Musk, CEO of American aerospace company SpaceX, first publicly described a high-level plan to build a reusable rocket system with substantially greater capabilities than the Falcon 9 and the ...

, a proposed interplanetary transportation system by SpaceX *

Madison County Transit Madison County Transit, or MCT for short, is a bus and bike trail transportation system that serves the citizens of Madison County, which is located in Illinois approximately northeast of St. Louis. It was created in 1980 by the Madison County B ...

, 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 Leti is a Bantu language of Cameroon, spoken by the Mengisa people. Most Mengisa have switched to the Eton language, though a number of them continue to use Leti as a secret ritual language. A smaller number speak Leti as their mother tongue ...

(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 Motivation crowding theory is the theory from psychology and microeconomics suggesting that providing extrinsic incentives for certain kinds of behavior—such as promising monetary rewards for accomplishing some task—can sometimes undermine i ...

, 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 Manganese is a chemical element with the symbol Mn and atomic number 25. It is a hard, brittle, silvery metal, often found in minerals in combination with iron. Manganese is a transition metal with a multifaceted array of industrial alloy use ...

, an antiknock additive for gasoline *

Mickelson Clarified Translation Mickelson is a Norwegian patronymic surname, literally meaning son of Michael or Mikkel (one who was like God). Notable people with the surname include: *Anna Mickelson, American rower * Asgeir Mickelson, Norwegian musician *George S. Mickelson ( ...

, in Modern English Bible translations *Mutable collagenous tissue