Carnot‘s principle

Carnot‘s principle
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  • carnot's principle — noun see carnot s theorem …   Useful english dictionary

  • carnot's theorem — noun or carnot s principle Usage: usually capitalized C Etymology: translation of French principe de Carnot, after N.L.S. Carnot, its formulator : a principle in thermodynamics: an engine working in a reversible cycle is at least as efficient as… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Carnot cycle — Thermodynam. an ideal cycle of reversible engine operations in which a substance at one temperature is compressed adiabatically to a second temperature, expanded isothermally at the second temperature, expanded adiabatically from the second… …   Universalium

  • carnot engine — noun Usage: usually capitalized C : an ideal reversible heat engine especially as postulated in the statement of Carnot s principle of engine efficiency * * * Thermodynam. an engine using a Carnot cycle of operations. * * * Carnot engine, a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Carnot's theorem (thermodynamics) — Carnot s theorem, also called Carnot s rule is a principle which sets a limit on the maximum amount of efficiency any possible engine can obtain, which thus solely depends on the difference between the hot and cold temperature reservoirs. Carnot… …   Wikipedia

  • Carnot, Nicolas-Léonard-Sadi — (1796 1832)    physicist, military engineer    The son of lazare nicolas marguerite carnot, Nicolas Léonard sadi Carnot was born in Paris, where he was educated at the École polytechnique. Nicolas Carnot was responsible for first discovering the… …   France. A reference guide from Renaissance to the Present

  • Carnot's theorem — Thermodynam. the principle that no engine operating between two given temperatures can be more efficient than a Carnot engine operating between the same temperatures. * * * …   Universalium

  • CARNOT, LEONARD SADI —    son of Nicolas, founder of thermo dynamics; in his Reflexions sur la Puissance du Feu enunciates the principle of Reversibility, considered the most important contribution to physical science since the time of Newton (1796 1832).    See DR.… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot — For the 1887–1894 president of France and nephew of Nicolas Léonard, see Marie François Sadi Carnot. Sadi Carnot Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796 1832) in the dress uniform of a student of the École Polytechnique …   Wikipedia

  • Maximum power principle — in Energy Systems Language adapted from Odum and Odum 2000, p. 38 The maximum power principle has been proposed as the fourth principle of energetics in open system thermodynamics, where an example of an open system is a biological cell.… …   Wikipedia

  • Nicolas Carnot — Sadi Carnot (physicien)  Ne doit pas être confondu avec Sadi Carnot (président). Pour les articles homonymes, voir Carnot …   Wikipédia en Français

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