Thesaurus: carnosity

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1. n. A fleshy excrescence; esp. a small excrescence or fungous growth.
2. n. Fleshy substance or quality; fleshy covering.
3. 1. (Med.) A fleshy excrescence; esp. a small excrescence or fungous growth. Wiseman. 2. Fleshy substance or quality; fleshy covering. [Consciences] overgrown with so hard a carnosity. Spelman. The olives, indeed be very small there, and bigger than capers; yet commended they are for their carnosity. Holland. CARNOT'S CYCLE Car`not's" cy"cle. [After N. L. S. Carnot, French physicist.] (Thermodynamics) An ideal heat-engine cycle in which the working fluid goes through the following four successive operations: (1) Isothermal expansion to a desired point; (2) adiabatic expansion to a desired point; (3) isothermal compression to such a point that (4) adiabatic compression brings it back to its initial state.
4. A fleshy excrescence; esp. a small excrescence or fungousgrowth. Wiseman.
5. n. A fleshy excrescence; esp. a small excrescence or fungous growth. n. Fleshy substance or quality; fleshy covering.