CARNOT'S IDEAL CYCLE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Carnot's ideal cycle; Carnot cycle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("Carnot's ideal cycle" is a kind of...):

cycle; oscillation (a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon)

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