Oct
Appearance
Oct or OCT may refer to:
Biology and medicine
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Oct., an abbreviation for the month of October
- 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