DCT may refer to:
Science and technology
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DCT (videocassette format)
DCT is a digital recording component video videocassette format developed and introduced by Ampex in 1992. It was based on the D1 format, and unlike the uncompressed recording scheme of D1, it was the first digital videotape format to use data ...
, a videocassette format developed by Ampex
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Discovery Channel Telescope, former name of the Lowell Discovery Telescope, US
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Dual-clutch transmission
A dual-clutch transmission (DCT) (sometimes referred to as a twin-clutch transmission) is a type of multi-speed motor vehicle, vehicle Transmission (mechanics), transmission system, that uses two separate clutches for odd and even gear train, ...
, a vehicle technology which allows gears to be selected in fully manual or automatic mode
Biology and medicine
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Direct Coombs test
The direct and indirect Coombs tests, also known as antiglobulin test (AGT), are blood tests used in immunohematology. The direct Coombs test detects antibodies that are stuck to the surface of the red blood cells. Since these antibodies sometime ...
, used to test for autoimmune hemolytic anemia
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Distal convoluted tubule
The distal convoluted tubule (DCT) is a portion of kidney nephron between the loop of Henle and the collecting tubule.
Physiology
It is partly responsible for the regulation of potassium, sodium, calcium, and pH.
On its apical surface (lum ...
, a part of the functional unit of the kidney
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Dopachrome tautomerase, a human gene
Mathematics
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Discrete cosine transform
A discrete cosine transform (DCT) expresses a finite sequence of data points in terms of a sum of cosine functions oscillating at different frequency, frequencies. The DCT, first proposed by Nasir Ahmed (engineer), Nasir Ahmed in 1972, is a widely ...
, a mathematical transform related to the Fourier transform and widely used in digital data compression
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Dominated convergence theorem
In measure theory, Lebesgue's dominated convergence theorem gives a mild sufficient condition under which limits and integrals of a sequence of functions can be interchanged. More technically it says that if a sequence of functions is bounded i ...
, a central mathematical theorem in the theory of integration first proposed by Henri Lebesgue
Other uses
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Death Come True
is a 2020 interactive film adventure game developed by Too Kyo Games and Esquadra and published by IzanagiGames for Android, iOS, macOS, Nintendo Switch, Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Xbox One. The game was written and directed by ...
'', a 2020 adventure video game
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Director Control Tower, a facility equipped to direct and control a ship's gun battery
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Discourse-completion task, a pragmatics research method in linguistics
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Dreams Come True (band)
is a Japanese pop band formed in 1988 by Miwa Yoshida (lead vocals), Masato Nakamura (bass) and Takahiro Nishikawa (keyboards). Nishikawa left in 2002 to pursue a solo career.
Dreams Come True has sold more than 50 million records worldwide ...
, a Japanese band
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Danescourt railway station (National Rail station code), Wales
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Divine Command Theory
Divine command theory (also known as theological voluntarism) is a Meta-ethics, meta-ethical theory which proposes that an action's status as Morality, morally good is equivalent to whether it is commanded by God. The theory asserts that wh ...
, a moral theory which holds that divine revelation (especially by
God
In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith. In polytheistic belief systems, a god is "a spirit or being believed to have created, or for controlling some part of the un ...
) is the basis for morality
See also
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Motorola DCT2000, a set-top-box device used for receiving digital cable TV
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