MCP - Science and Technology

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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