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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
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Hypernyms ("Carnot's ideal cycle" is a kind of...):
cycle; oscillation (a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon)