COT
Encyclopedia
Beds
- A camp bedCamp bedA camp bed, or cot in North America, is a small portable, lightweight bed used in situations where larger permanent beds cannot be used. Camp beds are generally used by armies or government organizations....
, a simple, temporary and portable bed - A baby's infant bedInfant bedAn infant bed is a small bed specifically for infants and very young children, generally up to 3 years old....
- See cot sideCot sideCot sides are raised sides fitted to a bed to stop the occupant from falling out of bed. They occur:*In toddler beds; however in infant beds the sides are to prevent intentional, rather than accidental, exit....
for beds with raised sides
Transportation
- Car of TomorrowCar of TomorrowThe Car of Tomorrow, sometimes called CoT or "Car of Today", is the car style for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Larger and boxier than the design it replaced, the Car of Tomorrow is safer, costs less to maintain, and was intended to make for closer competition.The car was introduced in the 2007 Cup...
, a new car design by NASCAR - Cottingley railway stationCottingley railway stationCottingley railway station serves the Cottingley area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It lies south west of Leeds on the Huddersfield Line. The station was opened in May 1988 with financial assistance from West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive and is managed by Northern Rail, who...
, National Rail station code COT - RAF CottesmoreRAF CottesmoreRAF Cottesmore was a Royal Air Force station in Rutland, England, situated between Cottesmore and Market Overton. The station housed all the operational Harrier GR9 squadrons in the Royal Air Force, and No 122 Expeditionary Air Wing...
Flying Training Unit, United Kingdom (ICAO airline designator)
Math and Science
- Cot analysisCot analysisC0t analysis, also known as DNA reassociation kinetics, is a biochemical technique that measures how much repetitive DNA is in a genome. It is used to study genome structure and organization and has also been used to simplify the sequencing of genomes that contain large amounts of repetitive...
, a biochemical technique that measures how much repetitive DNA is in a genome - Cotangent, trigonometric function cot θ
- CotyledonCotyledonA cotyledon , is a significant part of the embryo within the seed of a plant. Upon germination, the cotyledon may become the embryonic first leaves of a seedling. The number of cotyledons present is one characteristic used by botanists to classify the flowering plants...
, a significant part of the embryo within the seed of a plant - CyclooctatetraeneCyclooctatetraene1,3,5,7-Cyclooctatetraene is an unsaturated derivative of cyclooctane, with the formula C8H8. It is also known as [8]annulene. This polyunsaturated hydrocarbon is a colorless to light yellow flammable liquid at room temperature...
, an unsaturated hydrocarbon, and cyclooctatetraenyl, a functional group in chemistry derived from it, both abbreviated COT
People
- Comando de Operações Táticas, a Brazilian counter-terrorism force
- Pierre Auguste CotPierre Auguste CotPierre Auguste Cot was a French painter of the Academic Classicism school.-Biography:He was born in Bédarieux, Hérault and initially studied at l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse before going to Paris. He studied under Leon Cogniet, Alexandre Cabanel and William-Adolphe Bouguereau...
(1837–1883), French painter of the Academic Classicism school
Acronyms
- Colombian TimeTime in ColombiaColombia has one time zone, Colombia Time , which is located in the UTC-05:00 zone, 5 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time . Its standard time zone abbreviation is COT. Colombia doesn't observe daylight saving time....
, the time offset used in Colombia (corresponds yearlong to UTC-5) - Commitments of TradersCommitments of TradersThe Commitments of Traders is a report issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission enumerating the holdings of participants in various futures markets. These futures markets are places to buy or sell, for example, grains, cattle, financial instruments, metals, petroleum, etc., and in the...
(COT) Report, issued weekly by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission summarizing market activity - Crossroads of TwilightCrossroads of TwilightCrossroads of Twilight is the tenth book of The Wheel of Time fantasy series written by American author Robert Jordan. It was published by Tor Books and released on January 7, 2003...
, is the tenth book of The Wheel of Time fantasy series written by American author Robert Jordan - Change Over Time, an academic journal published by the University of Pennsylvania PressUniversity of Pennsylvania PressThe University of Pennsylvania Press is a university press affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
- Committee on ToxicityCommittee on ToxicityThe Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment is a UK independent scientific committee that provides advice to the Food Standards Agency, the Department of Health and other Government Departments and Agencies on matters concerning the toxicity of...
of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment, a UK official body - Court of the Table of Insurance sales persons who achieve three times the requirements for membership of the Million Dollar Round Table
Other
- MalbecMalbecMalbec is a purple grape variety used in making red wine. The grapes tend to have an inky dark color and robust tannins, and are long known as one of the six grapes allowed in the blend of red Bordeaux wine. The French plantations of Malbec are now found primarily in Cahors in the South West...
grapes, known in the Loire Valley as Côt - A finger cotFinger cotA finger cot is a medical supply used to cover one or more fingers in situations where a full glove is unnecessary. Like medical gloves, finger cots may be made from a variety of water-tight materials including latex, nitrile rubber, or vinyl...
, a hygienic cover for a single finger