English Explanatory Dictionary

Rankine cycle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Rankine cycle the Rankine cycle

Etymology

From William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish engineer and physicist.

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