Definition of Brayton cycle
:a thermodynamic cycle composed of two adiabatic and two isobaric changes in alternate order — called also
Joule's cycle
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Brayton cycle
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Bray·ton cycle
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Origin and Etymology of brayton cycle
after George Brayton fl1873 American inventor
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