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'Carnot' is the name of a celebrated French family in politics and science with the following members:

★ Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot (1753-1823), mathematician and politician.

★ Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796-1832), mathematician and eldest son of Lazare, one of the pioneers of thermodynamics.

★ Hippolyte Carnot (1801-1888), politician and second son of Lazare.

★ Marie François Sadi Carnot (1837-1894), son of Hippolyte, President of France, 1887–1894.

★ Marie Adolphe Carnot (1839-1920), son of Hippolyte, mining engineer and chemist.
A number of ''lycées'', streets etc. are named after this family throughout France.
It may also refer to:

★ Carnot heat engine, the idealised thermodynamic engine based on the Carnot cycle, as studied by Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot.

★ Carnot (crater), a crater on the far side of the moon.

★ Carnot, Central African Republic, a city located in the Central African Republic.

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★ Carnot's rule, an early formulation of the second law of thermodynamics.

★ Carnot's theorem in geometry.

★ Carnot Posey, an American lawyer and Confederate general.

★ Carnot-Moon, Pennsylvania, USA.

★ Karnaugh maps in boolean logic, introduced by Maurice Karnaugh (pronounced just like Carnot).