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1. perpetual motion machine; perpetual motion engine; perpetuum mobilePhysics
Wikipedia definition
2. Perpetual motionPerpetual motion describes "Motion that continues indefinitely without any external source of energy; impossible in practice because of friction. " It can also be described as "the motion of a hypothetical machine which, once activated, would run forever unless subject to an external force or to wear". There is a scientific consensus that perpetual motion in an isolated system would violate the first and/or second law of thermodynamics.
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