Biot

Biot or BIOT may refer to:

Places

 * Biot (crater), a lunar crater, named after Jean-Baptiste Biot
 * Biot, Alpes-Maritimes, a commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
 * Biot, a village in Castelnau-de-Brassac, Midi-Pyrénées, France
 * Le Biot, Haute-Savoie, France
 * Cape Biot, Greenland
 * British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), or British Chagos Islands (BCI), an overseas island territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean

People

 * Biot (surname)

Fiction

 * Biot ("BIological robOT"), the name given to an extraterrestrial biological robot in the fictional universe of Arthur C. Clarke's  novel Rendezvous with Rama (1973).
 * Biot, a fictional world in the DC Comics universe; see Manhunters
 * Biological robot
 * Biot, Biological Optical Transputer Systems, robots in the Phantom 2040 animated series

Science

 * Biot number, a dimensionless number used in heat transfer calculations, named after Jean-Baptiste Biot
 * Biot (unit), a unit of current, named after Jean-Baptiste Biot
 * Biot's breathing, an abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by groups of quick, shallow inspirations followed by regular or irregular periods of apnea; named by Camille Biot

Other uses

 * Biot glider company, see List of gliders (B)