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Carnot

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Car·not  (kär-n), Lazare Nicolas Marguerite 1753-1823.
French military strategist for the Republican armies during the French Revolution. He later held high positions under Napoleon I.
Carnot, Nicolas Léonard Sadi 1796-1832.
French physicist and engineer who founded the science of thermodynamics.
Carnot [ˈkɑːnəʊ (French) karno]
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1. (Biographies / Carnot, Lazare (Nicolas Marguerite) (1753-1823) M, French, TECHNOLOGY: engineer, POLITICS: administrator) Lazare (Nicolas Marguerite) (lazar), known as
2. (Biographies / Carnot, Nicolas Léonard Sadi (1796-1832) M, French, SCIENCE: 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).
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Noun1.Carnot - French physicist who founded thermodynamics (1796-1832)Carnot - French physicist who founded thermodynamics (1796-1832)
Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot, Sadi Carnot
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