1. a cycle (of expansion and compression) of an idealized reversible heat engine that does work without loss of heat; [syn: Carnot cycle, Carnot's ideal cycle]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Carnot cycle
n 1: a cycle (of expansion and compression) of an idealized
reversible heat engine that does work without loss of heat
[syn: Carnot cycle, Carnot's ideal cycle]