NOUN | event | Carnot cycle, Carnot's ideal cycle | a cycle (of expansion and compression) of an idealized reversible heat engine that does work without loss of heat |
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Meaning | A cycle (of expansion and compression) of an idealized reversible heat engine that does work without loss of heat. | |
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Synonym | Carnot's ideal cycle | |
Broader | cycle, oscillation | A single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon |
Adjectives | cyclic | conforming to the Carnot cycle |
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