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 (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 on ...
(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
Marie François Sadi Carnot (; 11 August 1837 – 25 June 1894) was a French statesman, who served as the President of France from 1887 until his assassination in 1894.
Early life
Marie François Sadi Carnot was the son of the statesman Hippo ...
(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 (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 larges ...
, 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 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
Carnotite is a potassium uranium vanadate radioactive mineral with chemical formula K2( U O2)2( VO4)2·3 H2O. The water content can vary and small amounts of calcium, barium, magnesium, iron, and sodium are often present.
Occurrence
Carnotite i ...
, 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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