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carnot's cycle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
carnot's -cy-cle
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

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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.

Inflected Forms

Carnot cycle (alternative)

Questions

What does carnot's cycle mean?
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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