ran kine cycle
Rankine cycle
noun Thermodynamics.
the hypothetical cycle of a steam engine in which all heat transfers take place at constant pressure and in which expansion and compression occur adiabatically.
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| —n | |
| the thermodynamic cycle in steam engines by which water is pumped into a boiler at one end and the steam is condensed at the other | |
| [C19: named after W. J. M. Rankine (1820--72), Scottish physicist] | |
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