PT explained

PT, Pt, or pt may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

P.T. (video game), acronym for Playable Teaser, a short video game released to promote the cancelled video game Silent Hills
Porcupine Tree, a British progressive rock group

In business

Businesses

Capital Cargo International Airlines (IATA airline designator PT)
West Air Sweden (IATA airline designator PT)
Putnam Transit, a bus system that serves Putnam County, New York
Portugal Telecom, the largest telecommunications service provider in Portugal
Piteå-Tidningen, a Swedish local newspaper

Business terminology

Part-time job
Perseroan Terbatas, the Indonesian name for a limited liability company

Political parties

Partido dos Trabalhadores (Brazil) (Workers' Party), a Brazilian political party
Parti des travailleurs (France) (Workers' Party), a defunct French political party
Partido dos Trabalhadores (Guinea-Bissau) (Workers' Party), a Bissau-Guinean political party
Partido del Trabajo (Mexico) (Labor Party), a Mexican political party

Places

Promontory or point, a prominent mass of land that overlooks lower-lying land or a body of water

Specific places

Portugal (ISO country code PT)
- .pt, an Internet top-level domain name for Portugal
- Portuguese language (ISO 639 alpha-2 code "pt")
Palestinian territories, comprise the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip
Pistoia, a city in Italy
Port Townsend, Washington, a city in Jefferson County, Washington, in the United States
Pacific Time Zone, a time zone 8 hours behind UTC

Science, technology, and mathematics

Biology and medicine

pt, patient, a medical abbreviation
Physical therapy/Physiotherapy or Physical therapist/Physiotherapist
Pararosaniline, Toluidine histological stain
Percutaneous surgery
Pertussis toxin, a protein-based exotoxin which causes whooping cough
Petunidin, an anthocyanidin plant pigment
Prothrombin time, a measurement of blood coagulation
Pump thrombosis, a major device malfunction due to a suspected or confirmed development of a pump thrombus

Computing

.pt, an Internet top-level domain name for Portugal
Plain text, data consisting in unformatted characters
Panorama Tools, a suite of programs and libraries originally by Helmut Dersch
Pluggable Transport, an API in the Tor Project
Penetration testing, checking to see how secure a computer system is

Physics and chemistry

Platinum, symbol Pt, a chemical element
Polythiophene, a molecule
Total pressure (P), in fluid dynamics

Transportation

A US Navy hull classification symbol: Patrol torpedo boat (PT)
Public transport, or public transit
Chrysler PT Cruiser, a car model
PT-91, a military tank

Units of measurement

Percentage point (pt), a unit for the arithmetic difference of two percentages
pt, a measurement in the print industry for thickness of card stock
Pint (Pt.), a unit of volume or capacity
Point (typography) (Pt.), a unit of measure used in typography

Other uses in science, technology, and mathematics

Permian-Triassic extinction event, a mass extinction between the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras
Peat, in the Unified Soil Classification System
Post-tensioned concrete, a reinforcement method in structural engineering
Potential transformer, an electrical component for changing voltage
Pressure treated wood

Sport

Personal trainer, in fitness and bodybuilding
Pro Tour (disambiguation)

Physical fitness

Physical education, known in many Commonwealth countries as physical training or PT
Physical training instructor, in the British & Commonwealth military; also in the British police
, physical training

Other uses

Pandit, a Hindu honorific applied to certain scholars of law, religion, philosophy or music
Perpetual traveler or "permanent tourist"
Perspectives on Terrorism, an academic journal
Pro tempore, a Latin phrase "for the time being" (temporary)
Pyramid Texts, an ancient Egyptian funerary text

See also

P. T. (disambiguation)
Petey (disambiguation)
Abbreviation of Pumper Tanker in Fire Rescue Victoria