CPT

Translingual

Symbol

CPT

1. (international standards) Exceptionally reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Clipperton Island.

   Synonym: CP (alpha-2)

Usage notes

This is an exceptionally reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 on the request of the International Telecommunication Union for the purpose of recording the location of certain telecommunications installations, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO outside of that purpose.

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

CPT (countable and uncountable, plural CPTs)

1. (physics) Initialism of charge, parity, time-reversal (in the phrase CPT symmetry)
2. (medicine) Initialism of current procedure terminology.
3. Abbreviation of carpet. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
4. (US, dated derogatory slang, sometimes reclaimed) Initialism of Colored People's Time.
5. (advertising) Initialism of cost per thousand.

   Synonym: CPM

Phrase

CPT

1. (Incoterm) Initialism of Carriage Paid To.

Anagrams

• CTP, PCT, PTC, TCP, TPC, pct