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Meanings of perpetuum mobile in English
Portuguese
moto perpetuo Spanish
perpetuum mobile Type of musical composition involving a continuous stream of notes and (often indefinite) repetition.
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Usage of perpetuum mobile in English
1
The Universe that we perceive is not a perpetuum mobile.
2
It is a form of the Proteus-like perpetuum mobile-a most incredible thing if not seen.'
3
It has the perpetuum mobile quality, and older masters would have prolonged its giddy arabesques into pages of senseless spinning.
4
Photo: supplied His main claim to fame now is this perpetuum mobile for violin and piano, one of a set of 12 bagatelles.
5
Everything about him was in activity; not a part of his organization remained idle, and the whole man seemed like a perpetuum mobile.