"Carnot's cycle" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Carnot's cycle
  1. (thermodynamics) An ideal heat-engine cycle in which the working fluid goes through four successive operations: (1) isothermal expansion to a desired point; (2) adiabatic expansion to a desired point; (3) isothermal compression to such a point that (4) adiabatic compression brings it back to its initial state. Categories (topical): Thermodynamics Synonyms: Carnot cycle Translations (an ideal heat-engine cycle in which the working fluid goes through four successive operations): salikop Karno (Tagalog)

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