Science and Technology
- Pit, an excavation in metal caused by pitting corrosion
- Pit (nuclear weapon), the core of an implosion weapon
- Pressure Indicator Transmitter, abbreviation used in piping and instrumentation diagrams
- Programmable interval timer, a computing device
- Pulsed inductive thruster, a device used in spacecraft propulsion
- Passive Integrated Transponder, an RFID tag without a power source of its own
- Pit, endocarp of a fruit
- Pit (botany), a part of plant cell walls which allows the exchange of fluids
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