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Carnot efficiency

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Carnot efficiency [kär′nō i′fish·ən·sē]
(thermodynamics)
The efficiency of a Carnot engine receiving heat at a temperature absoluteT1and giving it up at a lower temperature absoluteT2; equal to (T1-T2)/T1.


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