pct

P3C3T1

A form of percent — For every hundred (used with preceding numeral to form a noun phrase expressing a proportion).

CommonScrabble 7

Meanings

pct1

nounpct (plural pct)
  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of percent.

PCT2

proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismintellectual propertyInitialism of Patent Cooperation Treaty.

    The significance of this language in section 102(e)(2) is that a PCT application can serve as prior art even though the applicant never files in the United States.

    2022, Craig Allen Nard, The Law of Patents, Aspen Publishing, →ISBN
  2. PakistanabbreviationAbbreviation of Pakistan Cricket Team.
nounPCT (countable and uncountable, plural PCTs)

plural PCTs

  1. abbreviationcountableuncountablegovernmentAbbreviation of platoon combat team.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of perceptual control theory.
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablelifestyleInitialism of post-coital tristesse.
  4. UKabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of primary care trust.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred); ten percent

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

pct. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pct

MLA

“pct.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pct. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pct,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pct.

Source: pct on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.