CARNOT CYCLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Carnot cycle mean? 

• CARNOT CYCLE (noun)
  The noun CARNOT CYCLE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CARNOT CYCLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARNOT CYCLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

Carnot's ideal cycle; Carnot cycle

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

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