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 triglyceride Medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) are triglycerides with two or three fatty acids having an aliphatic tail of 6–12 carbon atoms, i.e. medium-chain fatty acids (MCFAs). Rich food sources for commercial extraction of MCTs include palm kernel oil ...

s, a class of fat with specific dietary and technical properties (also MCT oil) *

Monocarboxylate transporter The monocarboxylate transporters, or MCTs, are a family of Proton#Hydrogen as proton, proton-linked Membrane transport protein, plasma membrane transporters that carry molecules having one carboxylate group (monocarboxylates), such as Lactic acid, l ...

s, 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 Marine Current Turbines Ltd (MCT), is a United Kingdom-based company which is developing tidal stream generators. It is owned by the German automation company, Siemens. History MCT was founded in 2000 to develop ideas of tidal power develop ...

* 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) Exynos, formerly Hummingbird (), is a series of ARM-based system-on-chips developed by Samsung Electronics' System LSI division and manufactured by Samsung Foundry. It is a continuation of Samsung's earlier S3C, S5L and S5P line of SoCs. Exy ...

processors

Engineering

* Maximum continuous thrust, an aviation abbreviation for a jet engine rating *

Mercury cadmium telluride Hg1−xCdxTe or mercury cadmium telluride (also cadmium mercury telluride, MCT, MerCad Telluride, MerCadTel, MerCaT or CMT) is a chemical compound of cadmium telluride (CdTe) and mercury telluride (HgTe) with a tunable bandgap spanning the shortwav ...

(HgCdTe), a semiconductor with a particularly narrow bandgap used in mid- and far-infrared detectors (e.g. night vision) *

MOS-controlled thyristor An MOS-controlled thyristor (MCT) is a voltage-controlled fully controllable thyristor, controlled by MOSFETs (metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors). It was invented by V.A.K. Temple in 1984, and was principally similar to the earlie ...

, 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 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 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 Asthma is a long-term inflammatory disease of the airways of the lungs. It is characterized by variable and recurring symptoms, reversible airflow obstruction, and easily triggered bronchospasms. Symptoms include episodes of wheezing, co ...

). *

Munich Chronotype Questionnaire The Munich Chronotype Questionnaire (MCTQ) was created in 1976 by Till Roenneberg and Martha Merrow at Ludwig-Maximilians University The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Uni ...

(MCTQ), a standardized test for evaluating patient sleep/wake patterns *

Ketogenic diet The ketogenic diet is a high- fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate dietary therapy that in conventional medicine is used mainly to treat hard-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in children. The diet forces the body to burn fats rather than ca ...

(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 t ...

, 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 ...

, a public transportation service in Madison County, Illinois *

Muscat International Airport Muscat International Airport , formerly Seeb International Airport, is the main international airport in Oman and is located in Seeb, 32 km from the old city and capital Muscat within the Muscat metropolitan area. The airport serves as th ...

, the airport serving Muscat, Oman (IATA code is MCT)

Other

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe The Minnesota Chippewa Tribe (MCT) is the centralized governmental authority for six Chippewa (Ojibwe or Anishinaabe) bands in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The tribe was created on June 18, 1934; the organization and its governmental powers are ...

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 The School of Infantry (SOI) is the second stage of initial military training for enlisted United States Marines after recruit training. Since the initial training pipeline is divided between coasts, Marines from areas east of the Mississippi River ...

Monotone convergence theorem In the mathematical field of real analysis, the monotone convergence theorem is any of a number of related theorems proving the convergence of monotonic sequences (sequences that are non-decreasing or non-increasing) that are also bounded. Infor ...

, 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 The Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) is the international professional body specialising in the profession of corporate treasury. It was founded in 1979 and was awarded a Royal Charter on 1 January 2013. It is both an examining body, provid ...

, a professional organization *

Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant The Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant (多倫多華裔小姐競選), also known as MCTP, and formerly known as the Greater Toronto Chinese Pageant prior to 1999, is an annual beauty pageant organized by Fairchild TV that selects Toronto's representat ...

, the annual Toronto beauty pageant for Chinese Canadians * Manganese cyclopentadienyl tricarbonyl, an antiknock additive for gasoline * Mickelson Clarified Translation, in

Modern English Bible translations Modern English Bible translations consists of translations developed and published throughout the late modern period () to present-day (). A multitude of recent attempts have been made to translate the Bible into English. Most modern translations ...

*Mutable collagenous tissue