Carnot

[ kahr-noh; French kar-noh ]

noun

1. La·zare Ni·co·las Mar·gue·rite [l, a, -, zar, nee-kaw-, lah, m, a, r, -g, uh, -, reet], 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
2. (Ma·rie François) Sa·di [m, uh, -, ree, fran-, swah, , sad, -ee, m, a, -, ree, f, r, ah, n, -, swa, s, a, -, dee], 1837–94, French statesman: president of the Republic 1887–94.
3. Ni·co·las Lé·o·nard Sa·di [nik, -, uh, -l, uh, s , len, -erd , sad, -ee, nee-kaw-, lah, ley-aw-, nar, s, a, -, dee], 1796–1832, French physicist: pioneer in the field of thermodynamics.

Carnot

/ karno; ˈkɑːnəʊ /

noun

1. CarnotLazare (Nicolas Marguerite)17531823MFrenchTECHNOLOGY: engineerPOLITICS: administrator Lazare ( Nicolas Marguerite ) (lazar), known as the Organizer of Victory . 1753–1823, French military engineer and administrator: organized the French Revolutionary army (1793–95)
2. CarnotNicolas Léonard Sadi17961832MFrenchSCIENCE: physicist Nicolas Léonard Sadi (nikɔlɑ leɔnar sadi). 1796–1832, French physicist, whose work formed the basis for the second law of thermodynamics, enunciated in 1850; author of Réflexions sur la puissance motrice du feu (1824).

Carnot

/ kär-nō′ /

1. French physicist and engineer who founded the science of thermodynamics. He was the first to analyze the working cycle and efficiency of the steam engine according to scientific principles. Through his experiments Carnot developed what would become the second law of thermodynamics and laid the foundation for work by Kelvin, Joule, and others.

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The Boulevard Carnot, the seedy, downtrodden street that leads out of town, proved the point on my last night there.

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So, in March, 1794, he was sent to take command of a new army which Carnot had been raising during the winter.

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Carnot was there—'iron Carnot, far-planning, imperturbable'—and held the fortress till the Emperor abdicated.

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While the new levies of August, 1793, were still undisciplined Carnot's genius began to raise the fortunes of France.

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At this crisis Carnot, who was to earn the title of "organiser of victories," took the direction of the war.

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His abilities greatly impressed Carnot, the most upright of the Directors.

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