PERPETUAL MOTION

Meaning of PERPETUAL MOTION in English

A situation where a device will turn forever because there is no friction between the moving part and the stationary part. Although friction can be greatly reduced, it can never be eliminated. Thus a perpetual motion machine is impossible.

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PERPETUAL MOTION — noun 1. : the motion of an ideal mechanism that could continue to operate indefinitely without drawing upon an external …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PERPETUAL MOTION — Mech. the motion of a theoretical mechanism that, without any losses due to friction or other forms of dissipation of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PERPETUAL MOTION — ■ noun the motion of a hypothetical machine which, once activated, would run forever unless subject to an external force …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PERPETUAL MOTION
Britannica English vocabulary
PERPETUAL MOTION — noun [ U ] a state in which sth moves continuously without stopping, or appears to do so : We're …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PERPETUAL MOTION — perˌpetual ˈmotion BrE AmE noun [uncountable] the ability of a machine to always continue moving without getting energy from anywhere …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PERPETUAL-MOTION — see perpetual motion
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PERPETUAL MOTION — also perpetual-motion The idea of perpetual motion is the idea of something continuing to move for ever without getting energy …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PERPETUAL MOTION — also perpetual-motion The idea of ~ is the idea of something continuing to move for ever without getting energy from …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PERPETUAL-MOTION — see perpetual motion
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PERPETUAL MOTION — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And you were accusing me of being a perpetual motion merchant. ▪ Earthquakes line the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PERPETUAL MOTION — "вечное движение", перпетуум-мобиле вечное движение
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PERPETUAL MOTION — Вечный двигатель
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PERPETUAL MOTION — 'вечное движение', перпетуум-мобиле
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PERPETUAL MOTION — вечное движение
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
PERPETUAL MOTION — вечное движение
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
PERPETUAL MOTION — вечный двигатель, вечное движение
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PERPETUAL MOTION — "вечное движение", перпетуум-мобиле
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PERPETUAL MOTION — вечное движение, перпетуум мобиле
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PERPETUAL MOTION — вечное движение, перпетуум мобиле
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PERPETUAL MOTION — "вечное движение", перпетуум-мобиле
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PERPETUAL MOTION — "вечное движение", перпетуум-мобиле
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PERPETUAL MOTION — вечное движение
Англо-Русский физический словарь
PERPETUAL MOTION — 'вечное движение', перпетуум-мобиле
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
PERPETUAL MOTION — 'вечное движение', перпетуум-мобиле
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
PERPETUAL MOTION — Вечный двигатель
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
PERPETUAL MOTION — "вечное движение", перпетуум-мобиле вечное движение
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PERPETUAL — perpetui, íncessant, constant
English interlingue dictionary
PERPETUAL — kanunay
English-Visayan vocabulary
PERPETUAL — adjective see: feather Date: 14th century 1. continuing forever ; everlasting , b. valid for all time , holding (as …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MOTION — I Change in position of a body relative to another body or with respect to a frame of reference or …
Английский словарь Британика
PERPETUAL — I. pə(r)ˈpech(əw)əl, -chwəl adjective Etymology: Middle English perpetuel, from Middle French, from Latin perpetualis, from perpetuus continuous, perpetual (from perpet-, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOTION — I. ˈmōshən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English mocioun, from Middle French motion, from Latin motion-, motio movement, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PERPETUAL — — perpetuality, perpetualness , n. — perpetually , adv. /peuhr pech"ooh euhl/ , adj. 1. continuing or enduring forever; everlasting. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOTION — — motional , adj. — motioner , n. /moh"sheuhn/ , n. 1. the action or process of moving or of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOTION — I. ˈmō-shən noun Etymology: Middle English mocioun, from Anglo-French motion, from Latin motion-, motio movement, from movēre to move Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PERPETUAL — adjective Etymology: Middle English perpetuel, from Anglo-French, from Latin perpetuus uninterrupted, from per- through + petere to go to — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOTION — noun a puppet show or puppet. 2. motion ·noun power of, or capacity for, motion. 3. motion ·vi to make …
Webster English vocab
MOTION — in parliamentary rules of order, a procedure by which proposals are submitted for the consideration of deliberative assemblies. If a …
Britannica English vocabulary
PERPETUAL — perpetual BrE AmE pə ˈpet ju‿ ə l ⇨-ˈpetʃ u‿, -ˈpetʃ ə l AmE \ p ə r ˈpetʃ u‿əl …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PERPETUAL — / pəˈpetʃuəl; NAmE pərˈp-/ adjective 1. [ usually before noun ] continuing for a long period of time without interruption …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOTION — / ˈməʊʃn; NAmE ˈmoʊʃn/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U , sing. ] the act or process of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PERPETUAL — per ‧ pet ‧ u ‧ al /pəˈpetʃuəl $ pər-/ BrE AmE adjective [usually before noun] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MOTION — I. mo ‧ tion 1 W3 /ˈməʊʃ ə n $ ˈmoʊ-/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PERPETUAL — adj. 1 eternal; lasting for ever or indefinitely. 2 continuous, uninterrupted. 3 colloq. frequent, much repeated (perpetual interruptions). 4 permanent …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PERPETUAL — adj. 1 eternal; lasting for ever or indefinitely. 2 continuous, uninterrupted. 3 colloq. frequent, much repeated (perpetual interruptions). 4 permanent …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PERPETUAL — adj.1 eternal; lasting for ever or indefinitely. 2 continuous, uninterrupted. 3 colloq. frequent, much repeated (perpetual interruptions). 4 permanent during …
Oxford English vocab
PERPETUAL — 1. A perpetual feeling, state, or quality is one that never ends or changes. ...the creation of a perpetual union. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOTION — ( motions, motioning, motioned) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Motion is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PERPETUAL — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a constant/permanent/perpetual state of sth ▪ They lived in a constant state of fear. perpetual …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOTION — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES motion picture ▪ the motion picture industry motion sickness perpetual motion propose a motion/amendment/resolution …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PERPETUAL — [adjective] [not gradable] - continuing forever in the same wayThey lived in perpetual fear of being discovered and arrested.Her business …
Cambridge English vocab
MOTION — n. Brownian motion motion picture motion sickness motion equation of Newton's laws of motion periodic motion proper motion retrograde motion …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MOTION — n. Change in position of a body relative to another body or with respect to a frame of reference or …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PERPETUAL — adj. Perpetual is used with these nouns: ↑ motion , ↑ state
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PERPETUAL — adj. 25B6; adjective deep caves in perpetual darkness : EVERLASTING, never-ending, eternal, permanent, unending, endless, without end, lasting, long-lasting, constant, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PERPETUAL — adj. 1 eternal, infinite, everlasting, never-ending, unending, perennial, ageless, timeless, long-lived, permanent, unceasing, lasting, enduring, unvarying, unchanging, immutable, invariable, undeviating, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PERPETUAL — прил. 1) а) бесконечный, вечный perpetual motion ≈ "вечное движение", перпетуум-мобиле Syn : permanent, eternal, everlasting 1. б) юр. всегда …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MOTION
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PERPETUAL — perpetual.ogg 1. pəʹpetʃʋəl роза, цветущая круглый год damask perpetual - красная роза, цветущая круглый год 2. pəʹpetʃʋəl a 1. вечный, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MOTION
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MOTION
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
MOTION
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
PERPETUAL — 1) бесконечный 2) бессрочный 3) вечный 4) непрерывный 5) пожизненный 6) постоянный • - perpetual check - perpetual inventory - perpetual motion
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь

English Dictionary of Automotive Terms

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