Definition check: what do we call a sequence of processes returning to initial state? A series of operations that occurs in a fixed order and restores the system to its initial state at the end. Choose the correct term.

ConceptA thermodynamic cycle is any sequence of processes that starts and ends at the same thermodynamic state. A cycle may be idealized as reversible or consist of real (irreversible) processes; the definition itself is the closed path on a property diagram.

Final Answerthermodynamic cycle