Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perpetual motion machine

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English

Syllables: per-pet-u-al -mo-tion -ma-chine
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

8

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hypothetical, pseudoscientific device that exhibits perpetual motion, especially one that does useful work with no input of energy.

Inflected Forms

perpetual motion machines (plural)

Phrases

perpetual motion machine of the first kind perpetual motion machine of the second kind

Questions

What does perpetual motion machine mean?: A hypothetical, pseudoscientific device that exhibits perpetual motion, especially one that does useful work with no input of energy.

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