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Heat Engines
Source of package openstax.thermodynamics · OpenStax University Physics, ch. 4 The Second Law of Thermodynamics, module m58404
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<term>cold reservoir</term>
<meaning id="fs-id1167582645344">sink of heat used by a heat engine</meaning>
</definition>Referencing norms: cold_reservoir_temperature
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<term>efficiency (<emphasis effect="italics">e</emphasis>)</term>
<meaning id="fs-id1167586180439">output work from the engine over the input heat to the engine from the hot reservoir</meaning>
</definition>Referencing norms: EfficiencyIsWorkOverHeat
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<term>heat engine</term>
<meaning id="fs-id1167585967050">device that converts heat into work</meaning>
</definition>Referencing norms: absorbed_heat, work_output
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<term>hot reservoir</term>
<meaning id="fs-id1167585798145">source of heat used by a heat engine</meaning>
</definition>Referencing norms: hot_reservoir_temperature
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