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
Word History
Etymology
translation of French cycle de Carnot, after N.L.S. Carnot †1832 French physicist
First Known Use
1887, in the meaning defined above
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