Carnot cycle
noun
Car·not cycle
(ˈ)kär¦nō-
variants
or Carnot's cycle
-ōz-
: an ideal reversible closed thermodynamic cycle in which the working substance goes through the four successive operations of isothermal expansion to a desired point, adiabatic expansion to a desired point, isothermal compression, and adiabatic compression back to its initial state
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