HyperDic: carnot_cycle

English > 1 sense of the expression Carnot cycle:
NOUNeventCarnot cycle, Carnot's ideal cyclea cycle (of expansion and compression) of an idealized reversible heat engine that does work without loss of heat
English > Carnot cycle: 1 sense > noun 1, event
MeaningA cycle (of expansion and compression) of an idealized reversible heat engine that does work without loss of heat.
SynonymCarnot's ideal cycle
Broadercycle, oscillationA single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon
Adjectivescyclicconforming to the Carnot cycle

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