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carnot cycle
A cycle consisting of four reversible operations on a gas: (a) isothermal expansion from volume Va to Vb; adiabatic expansion from volume Vb to Vc; isothermal compression from volume Vc to Vd; adiabatic compression from volume Vd to Va.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Earth science
- Category: Mapping science
- Company: American Congress on Surveying & Mapping
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