Science and Technology
- 1-Methylcyclopropene, a synthetic plant hormone
- Manual call point, a common device allowing building occupants to alert others of fire
- Master control point, term used in measuring
- Mechanical counter pressure, a spacesuit technology in use in space activity suits
- Micro-channel plate, an electron amplification device used in physics
- Mixed complementarity problem, a formulation in mathematical programming
- Mode Control Panel, an instrument panel in some aircraft cockpits that contains the autopilot controls
- Motor Control Panel, a term used in Engineering for the plant
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