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Carnot cycle
noun
, Thermodynamics.
- an ideal cycle of reversible engine operations in which a substance at one temperature is compressed adiabatically to a second temperature, expanded isothermally at the second temperature, expanded adiabatically from the second temperature to the first temperature, and compressed isothermally at the first temperature.
Carnot cycle
noun
- an idealized reversible heat-engine cycle giving maximum efficiency and consisting of an isothermal expansion, an adiabatic expansion, an isothermal compression, and an adiabatic compression back to the initial state
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Carnot cycle1
After N. L. S. Carnot
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Example Sentences
The formula is the same as that for the Carnot cycle with the same range of temperature in expansion.
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