Carnot's cycle

English

Alternative forms

• Carnot cycle

Proper noun

Carnot's cycle

The P-V (pressure to volume) diagram of the Carnot's cycle

1. (thermodynamics) An ideal heat-engine cycle in which the working fluid goes through 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.

Translations

an ideal heat-engine cycle in which the working fluid goes through four successive operations

• Hindi: कार्नो चक्र (kārno cakra)
• Tagalog: salikop Karno