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单词 perpetuum mobile
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Definition of perpetuum mobile in English:

perpetuum mobile

noun ˈməʊbɪlipəːˌpɛtjʊəm ˈməʊbɪleɪpərˌpeCHəwəm ˈmōbəlē
  • 1

    another term for perpetual motion
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His preoccupations caricature Fedor's preoccupation with infinity by reducing what is for Fedor a kind of otherworldly transcendence to the pragmatism of a perpetuum mobile.
    • Tito's perpetuum mobile kept rotating during the stagnant 1970s.
    • We are amused by purported perpetuum mobile devices.
  • 2Music

    another term for moto perpetuo
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Op. 54 is in two movements, minuet and a kind of perpetuum mobile, often referred to as a toccata: its form and style can't be found elsewhere in Beethoven.
    • Other 20th-century composers, for instance Honegger, Martin, and Prokofiev, wrote toccatas in perpetuum mobile style, following the example of Schumann.

Origin

Latin, literally 'continuously moving (thing)', on the pattern of primum mobile.

Definition of perpetuum mobile in US English:

perpetuum mobile

nounpərˌpeCHəwəm ˈmōbəlē
  • 1

    another term for perpetual motion
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Tito's perpetuum mobile kept rotating during the stagnant 1970s.
    • We are amused by purported perpetuum mobile devices.
    • His preoccupations caricature Fedor's preoccupation with infinity by reducing what is for Fedor a kind of otherworldly transcendence to the pragmatism of a perpetuum mobile.
  • 2Music
    A piece of fast-moving instrumental music consisting mainly of notes of equal length.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Op. 54 is in two movements, minuet and a kind of perpetuum mobile, often referred to as a toccata: its form and style can't be found elsewhere in Beethoven.
    • Other 20th-century composers, for instance Honegger, Martin, and Prokofiev, wrote toccatas in perpetuum mobile style, following the example of Schumann.

Origin

Latin, literally ‘continuously moving (thing)’, on the pattern of primum mobile.

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