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单词 carnot cycle
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Carnot cycle


noun Thermodynamics.

an ideal cycle of reversible engine operations in which a substance at one temperature is compressed adiabatically to a second temperature, expanded isothermally at the second temperature, expanded adiabatically from the second temperature to the first temperature, and compressed isothermally at the first temperature.

Origin of Carnot cycle

after N. L. S. Carnot

Words nearby Carnot cycle

Carnivora, carnivore, carnivorous, carnose, Carnot, Carnot cycle, Carnot engine, carnotite, Carnot principle, Carnot refrigerator, Carnot's theorem
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British Dictionary definitions for Carnot cycle

Carnot cycle

noun

an idealized reversible heat-engine cycle giving maximum efficiency and consisting of an isothermal expansion, an adiabatic expansion, an isothermal compression, and an adiabatic compression back to the initial state
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