Carnot

UK: English: /ˈkɑːnəʊ/, French: /karno/

US: (kär nō′; Fr. kar nō′)

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Car•not  (kär nō′; Fr. kar nō′), n. 

La•zare Ni•co•las Mar•gue•rite  (la zar′ nē kô lä′ mar gə rēt′), 1753–1823, French general and statesman. (Ma•rie François) Sa•di  (mə rē′ fran swä′ sad′ē; Fr. ma rē′ frän swa′ sa dē′), 1837–94, French statesman: president of the Republic 1887–94. Ni•co•las Lé•o•nard Sa•di  (nik′ə ləs len′ərd sad′ē; Fr. nē kô lä′ lā ô nar′ sa dē′), 1796–1832, French physicist: pioneer in the field of thermodynamics.

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Carnot / ˈkɑːnəʊ karno/ noun

1. 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. 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)