perpetuüm mobile
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See also: perpetuum mobile and Perpetuum mobile
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from New Latin perpetuum mōbile, neuter substantive from the Latin adjectives perpetuus (“perpetual”) + mōbilis (“mobile, moving”), having the literal sense “perpetual mover”.
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[edit]Noun
[edit]perpetuüm mobile n (plural perpetua mobilia or perpetuüm mobile’s)
- perpetual motion machine, perpetuum mobile (hypothetical contraption capable of remaining in perpetual motion without ever needing any additional energy)
- 2015 October 15th, Ole van Merdekah, “Wat is een perpetuüm mobile?”, in Prezi (video-presentation website)
- (figuratively) an impossible thing, a figment of one’s imagination
Further reading
[edit]- perpetuüm mobile on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
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