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Carnot cycle
Car·not cy·cle [ kaar nṓ sk'l ] (plural Car·not cy·cles)


noun 
Definition:
 
heat-engine cycle: a theoretical reversible heat-engine cycle that gives maximum efficiency
[After Nicholas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796-1832), French physicist]
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