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Carnot's Cycle
Webster's Dictionary
An ideal heat-engine cycle in which the working fluid goes through the following four successive operations: (1) Isothermal expansion to a desired point; (2) adiabatic expansion to a desired point; (3) isothermal compression to such a point that (4) adiabatic compression brings it back to its initial state.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Carnot's Cycle'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/carnots-cycle.html. 1828.