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mt

mt is the abbreviation of mitochondrial.

mt is the abbreviation of mitochondrion.

Meaning of mitochondrial

Adjective

mitochondrial (comparative more mitochondrial, superlative most mitochondrial)

  1. Of, or relating to mitochondria.
    • Sperm pass on none of their mitochondria during conception, so all mitochondrial information is transferred from generation to generation through mothers alone.2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 329

Meaning of mitochondrion

Noun

mitochondrion (plural mitochondria or (rare, proscribed) mitochondrions)

  1. A spherical or ovoid organelle found in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells and containing genetic material separate from that of the host; it is responsible for the conversion of food to usable energy in the form of ATP.
    • The consideration of the mitochondrion in the spermatocytes I shall pass over, as it is not within the bounds of this paper; yet I hope to study the earlier generations of my material, and shall then compare the results.1902 February, W. J. Baumgartner, “Spermatid Transformations in Gryllus assimilis, with Special Reference to the Nebenkern”, in Kansas University Science Bulletin, volume 1, number 2

Adjective capitalized: MT

MT (not comparable)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of M/T.

Noun (1) capitalized: MT

MT (countable and uncountable, plural MTs)

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of microtubule.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of machine translation.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of massage therapist.
  4. (UK, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of mechanical transport.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of modus tollens
    • Let ‘F’ stand for the state of affairs that consists in finite persons possessing and exercising free will. Let ‘p’ stand for ‘God exists’; ‘q’ for ‘F obtains’; ‘r’ for ‘F poses a serious risk of evil’; and ‘s’ for ‘There is no option available to God that counters F.’ With this in place, the...2004 August, J. L. Schellenberg, “The Atheist’s Free Will Offence”, in International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, volume 56, № 1, pages 11-12
  6. (US, abbreviation) Abbreviation of metric ton.
  7. (alternative) Alternative form of M/T.

Proper noun capitalized: MT

MT

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Mountain Time.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Montana: a state of the United States.
  3. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Mato Grosso: a state of Brazil.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Masoretic Text.

Noun (2) capitalized: Mt

Mt (plural Mts)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Mount, in the names of mountains.
    • Mt Everest
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Mount, in the names of cities.
    • Mt Airy

Forms of mt

pluralMTs
pluralMts
alternative formMt.
alternative formmt.

Origin of mt

Abbreviation of mount.

Phrases with mt

Questions about mt

What is mt the abbreviation of?
Mt is the abbreviation of mitochondrial.
What part of speech is mt?
Mt can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.

Words near mt in the dictionary

  1. msw
  2. MSWL
  3. MSWLs
  4. MSWs
  5. MSYS
  6. mt
  7. Mt Everest
  8. mt.
  9. Mt. Ararat
  10. Mt. Carmel
  11. Mt. Crested Butte

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mt (page history and authors); MT (page history and authors); Mt (page history and authors); mitochondrial (page history and authors); mitochondrion (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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