Carnot-cycle
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.
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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- Carnot-engine
an engine using a Carnot cycle of operations.
- Carnot-refrigerator
a device operating on the Carnot cycle in which the first temperature is higher than the second.
- Carnot principle
noun the principle that no heat engine can be more efficient than one operating on a Carnot cycle of reversible changes
- Carnot's theorem
the principle that no engine operating between two given temperatures can be more efficient than a Carnot engine operating between the same temperatures.
- Carnotite
a yellow, earthy, hydrous potassium uranium vanadate: an ore of uranium. Historical Examples Pitchblende is the best, but carnotite, which is a gray rock with yellowish streaks, is also good ore. The Blue Ghost Mystery Harold Leland Goodwin But it seems to be pulverized ore, and my guess would be carnotite. The Blue Ghost Mystery […]