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MCT

MCT is the initialism of medium-chain triglyceride.

MCT is the initialism of maximum continuous thrust.

MCT is the initialism of minimum connecting time.

MCT is the initialism of monocrotaline.

MCT is the initialism of multi-clutch transmission.

MCT is the initialism of monotone convergence theorem.

Meaning of medium-chain triglyceride

Noun

medium-chain triglyceride (plural medium-chain triglycerides)

  1. Any ester of glycerol with fatty acids containing six to twelve carbons; posited to have certain beneficial health effects.
    • However, it [coconut oil] differs from fats such as butter because it contains a lot of medium-chain triglycerides (MCT).2008, Lucy Atkins, The Guardian, G2, 15 Jan 2008, p. 18

Meaning of minimum connecting time

Noun

minimum connecting time (countable and uncountable, plural minimum connecting times)

  1. The amount of time, agreed in advance between airlines and airport authorities, that is considered sufficient for a passenger to make a connection between an arriving flight and a departing flight on the same ticket.

Forms of MCT

pluralMCTs

Questions about MCT

What is MCT the initialism of?
MCT is the initialism of medium-chain triglyceride.

Words near MCT in the dictionary

  1. McSween
  2. McSweeney
  3. McSweeneys
  4. McSweens
  5. McSwiggen
  6. MCT
  7. McTaggart
  8. McTaggartian
  9. McTaggarts
  10. McTague
  11. McTagues

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Adapted from Wiktionary: MCT (page history and authors); medium-chain triglyceride (page history and authors); minimum connecting time (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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