Meanings
nounperpetual motion machine (plural perpetual motion machines)
plural perpetual motion machines
- literatureA hypothetical, pseudoscientific device that exhibits perpetual motion, especially one that does useful work with no input of energy.
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 永動機 /永动机
- 永動機 /永动机hypothetical device
Chinese Mandarin 永動機 /永动机
- 永動機 /永动机 (yǒngdòngjī)hypothetical device
Czech perpetuum mobile
- perpetuum mobilehypothetical device
Danish evighedsmaskine
- evighedsmaskinehypothetical device
Finnish ikiliikkuja
- ikiliikkujahypothetical device
German Perpetuum mobile
- Perpetuum mobilehypothetical device
Icelandic eilífðarvél
- eilífðarvélhypothetical device
Italian macchina a moto perpetuo
- macchina a moto perpetuohypothetical device
Japanese 永久機関
- 永久機関 (eikyū kikan)hypothetical device
Latin perpetuum mōbile
- perpetuum mōbilehypothetical device
Norwegian Bokmål evighetsmaskin
- evighetsmaskinhypothetical device
Polish perpetuum mobile
- perpetuum mobilehypothetical device
Romanian perpetuum mobile
- perpetuum mobilehypothetical device
Russian ве́чный дви́гатель
- ве́чный дви́гатель (véčnyj dvígatelʹ)hypothetical device
Swedish evighetsmaskin
- evighetsmaskinhypothetical device
Turkish devridaim makinesi
- devridaim makinesihypothetical device
Cite this entry
APA
perpetual motion machine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perpetual%20motion%20machine
MLA
“perpetual motion machine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perpetual%20motion%20machine. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perpetual motion machine,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perpetual%20motion%20machine.
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