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, Comte Carnot (; 13 May 1753 – 2 August 1823) was a French mathematician, physicist, military officer, politician and a leading member of the Committee of Public Safety during the French Revolution. His military refor ...
(1753-1823), French mathematician and politician of the French Revolution
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Louis Carnot (born 2001), French French footballer
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Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (; 1 June 1796 – 24 August 1832) was a French people, French military engineering, military engineer and physicist. A graduate of the École polytechnique, Carnot served as an officer in the Engineering Arm (''le ...
(1796-1832), French military scientist and physicist; son of Lazare Carnot, namesake of Carnot Cycle.
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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 (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, a city
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Carnot, Wisconsin, United States
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Carnot-Moon, Pennsylvania, United States
Other uses
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Carnot cycle
A Carnot cycle is an ideal thermodynamic cycle proposed by French physicist Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, Sadi Carnot in 1824 and expanded upon by others in the 1830s and 1840s. By Carnot's theorem (thermodynamics), Carnot's theorem, it provides ...
, in thermodynamics
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Carnot heat engine
A Carnot heat engine is a theoretical heat engine that operates on the Carnot cycle. The basic model for this engine was developed by Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot in 1824. The Carnot engine model was graphically expanded by Benoît Paul Émile ...
, an idealised thermodynamic engine based on the Carnot cycle
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Carnot (crater)
Carnot is a large crater in the northern part of the Moon's far side. It was named after Nicolas L. S. Carnot by the IAU in 1970.
The outer rim of Carnot has a somewhat hexagonal form, particularly in the southern half. The northern rim has ...
, 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, a school in Paris
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Karnaugh Karnaugh is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Maurice Karnaugh (1924–2022), American physicist, mathematician, and inventor
* Ron Karnaugh (born 1966), American retired swimmer
See also
* Karnaugh map
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