Carnot may refer to:
People
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Carnot Posey (1818–1863), American lawyer and military officer
People with the surname
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Lazare Carnot
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite, Count Carnot (; 13 May 1753 – 2 August 1823) was a French mathematician, physicist and politician. He was known as the "Organizer of Victory" in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars.
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(1753-1823), French mathematician and politician of the French Revolution
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Louis Carnot
Louis Carnot (born 25 February 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for French club Nancy.
Club career
On 8 March 2019, Carnot signed his first professional contract with his youth club Guingamp for a three-year t ...
(born 2001), French French footballer
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Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot
''Sous-lieutenant'' Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (; 1 June 1796 – 24 August 1832) was a French mechanical engineer in the French Army, military scientist and physicist, and often described as the "father of thermodynamics". He published onl ...
(1796-1832), French military scientist and physicist; son of Lazare Carnot
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Hippolyte Carnot (1801-1888), French politician; son of Lazare Carnot
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Marie François Sadi Carnot (1837-1894), French politician; President of France from 1887 to 1894 and son of Hippolyte Carnot
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Marie-Adolphe Carnot
Marie Adolphe Carnot (27 January 1839 – 20 June 1920) was a French chemist, mining engineer and politician. He came from a distinguished family: his father, Hippolyte Carnot, and brother, Marie François Sadi Carnot, were politicians, the lat ...
(1839-1920), French mining engineer and chemist; son of Hippolyte Carnot
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Paul Carnot
Paul Carnot (16 January 1869, in Limoges – 1 April 1957, in Paris) was a French physician.
He served as ''médecin des hôpitaux'' in Paris, becoming a professor of therapeutic medicine in 1918 to the Paris medical faculty. In 1922 he was elect ...
(1869-1957), French physician; son of Marie-Adolphe Carnot
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Stéphane Carnot (born 1972), former French footballer
Places
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Carnot, Central African Republic
Carnot is a city located in the south west of the Central African Republic (CAR), in the prefecture of Mambéré-Kadéï.
It has a population of 54,551 (2012 census), making it the fourth largest city in CAR by population, and the second largest ...
, a city
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Carnot, Wisconsin, United States
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Carnot-Moon, Pennsylvania
Carnot-Moon is a census-designated place (CDP) in central Moon Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 13,151 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Carnot-Moon is at (40.517800, -80.211649).
According to the Unite ...
, United States
Other uses
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Carnot cycle
A Carnot cycle is an ideal thermodynamic cycle proposed by French physicist Sadi Carnot in 1824 and expanded upon by others in the 1830s and 1840s. By Carnot's theorem, it provides an upper limit on the efficiency of any classical thermodynam ...
, in thermodynamics
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Carnot heat engine, an idealised thermodynamic engine based on the Carnot cycle
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Carnot (crater), a crater on the far side of the moon
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French battleship ''Carnot''
See also
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Carnot's theorem (disambiguation)
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Carnotite, a mineral
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Lycée Carnot
The Lycée Carnot is a Public school (government funded), public secondary school, secondary and higher education school at 145 Boulevard Malesherbes in the XVIIe arrondissement, 17th arrondissement, Paris, France. The Lycée Carnot was founded in ...
, a school in Paris
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