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Carnot cycle

DEFINITIONS OF: Carnot cycle

1

n a cycle (of expansion and compression) of an idealized reversible heat engine that does work without loss of heat

Synonyms:
Carnot's ideal cycle
Type of:
cycle, oscillation
a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon
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