perpetual motion
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perpetual motion (uncountable)
- (physics) The motion of some hypothetical device that continues forever with no external input of energy, in violation of the laws of thermodynamics.
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- In the literal sense, perpetual motion can exist in an ideal isolated system, such as a single photon moving through empty space. However, a perpetual motion machine which produces work while retaining its kinetic energy is impossible under the known laws of physics.
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- perpetual motion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Laws of thermodynamics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia