Usually means: Thermodynamic cycle, maximum efficiency ideal.
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  1. Carnot cycle: Merriam-Webster
  2. Carnot cycle: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Carnot cycle: Vocabulary.com
  4. Carnot cycle: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. carnot cycle: Dictionary.com
  6. Carnot-cycle, Carnot cycle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Carnot cycle: Rhymezone
  8. carnot cycle: FreeDictionary.org
  9. carnot cycle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. Carnot cycle: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. Carnot cycle: Merriam-Webster
  12. Carnot cycle: Wiktionary

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  1. Carnot-cycle, Carnot cycle: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Carnot Cycle: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Carnot cycle)

noun:  Alternative form of Carnot's cycle [(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.]

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