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Rankine cycle

Rankine cycle proper noun: a thermodynamic cycle used as an ideal standard for the comparative performance of heat engines.

Proper noun

the Rankine cycle

  1. A thermodynamic cycle used as an ideal standard for the comparative performance of heat engines.

Rankine cycle meaning in Tamil

Rankine cycle in Tamil

இராங்கைன் சுழற்சி, ரான்கென் சுழல்

Origin of Rankine cycle

From William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish engineer and physicist.

Questions about Rankine cycle

What does Rankine cycle mean?
Rankine cycle means a thermodynamic cycle used as an ideal standard for the comparative performance of heat engines.
What is Rankine cycle in Tamil?
Rankine cycle in Tamil is இராங்கைன் சுழற்சி, ரான்கென் சுழல். See Rankine cycle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Rankine cycle?
Rankine cycle is a proper noun.

Words near Rankine cycle in the dictionary

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Rankine cycle (page history and authors); rankine cycle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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