carnot cycle

1. 1.

   a cycle (of expansion and compression) of an idealized reversible heat engine that does work without loss of heat

   SynonymsCarnot's ideal cycle

   Broadercycle

Questions about carnot cycle

What does carnot cycle mean?

carnot cycle means "a cycle (of expansion and compression) of an idealized reversible heat engine that does work without loss of heat".

What is another word for carnot cycle?

Close synonyms include Carnot's ideal cycle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is carnot cycle a common word?

carnot cycle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.