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Car·not (kȧr nō′)

  1. Carnot, Lazare (Nicolas Marguerite) (lȧ zȧr′) 1753-1823; Fr. soldier & statesman
  2. (kȧr nō′)
    Carnot, Nicolas Léonard Sadi (nē kō̂ lä′ lā ō̂ nȧr′ sȧ dē′) 1796-1832; Fr. physicist: son of Lazare
  3. Carnot, (Marie François) Sadi 1837-94; Fr. statesman: president of France (1887-94): grandson of Lazare

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