Biot
# 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)
