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Noun: Carnot  kaa(r)'now [N. Amer], 'kaa(r),now [Brit]
  1. French physicist who founded thermodynamics (1796-1832)
    - Sadi Carnot, Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot

Type of: physicist

Encyclopedia: Carnot, Pennsylvania