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Carnot's theorem

Carnot's theorem proper noun: a theorem for the maximum efficiency obtainable from a heat engine.

carnot's theorem: a theorem for the maximum efficiency obtainable from a heat engine
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Proper noun

Carnot's theorem

  1. A theorem for the maximum efficiency obtainable from a heat engine.
  2. A theorem stating that the sum of the signed distances from the circumcenter D to the sides of an arbitrary triangle ABC is DF + DG + DH = R + r, where r is the inradius and R the circumradius of the triangle.
  3. A theorem describing a relation between conic sections and triangles.
  4. A theorem describing a necessary and sufficient condition for three lines that are perpendicular to the (extended) sides of a triangle having a common point of intersection.

Synonyms of Carnot's theorem

Questions about Carnot's theorem

What does Carnot's theorem mean?
Carnot's theorem means a theorem for the maximum efficiency obtainable from a heat engine.
What part of speech is Carnot's theorem?
Carnot's theorem is a proper noun.

Words near Carnot's theorem in the dictionary

  1. Carnot heat engine
  2. Carnot heat engines
  3. Carnot's cycle
  4. Carnot's law
  5. Carnot's rule
  6. Carnot's theorem
  7. Carnota
  8. carnotaurine
  9. carnotaurines
  10. Carnotian
  11. carnotite

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