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perpetual motion

work continuously done without an external supply of energy
Class type of: motion, hypothetical technology Q12623

Facts

5 properties
Subclass of
motion, hypothetical technology[1][2]
Described by source
Nordisk familjebok, Otto's encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[3][4][5][6][7][8]
Different from
Perpetuum Mobile, perpetual motion machine, Perpetuum Mobile[9][10]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11]
P14541
45sQI7[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en perpetual motion ar حركة أبدية de Perpetuum mobile el Αεικίνητο es movil perpetuo es móvil perpetuo fa حرکت دائمی fi Ikiliikkuja fr mouvement perpétuel he תנועה נצחית hi निरन्तर गति hu örökmozgó id gerak abadi it moto perpetuo ja 永久機関 ko 영구기관 ko 영구 기관 pt Moto contínuo ru вечный двигатель sv evig rörelse
🔖 Identifiers · 27
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85100035
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Deutsches Museum 6.jpg ↗
BBC Things ID
ca555c9b-3bdb-43ef-af30-9baf752ffa65
BNCF Thesaurus ID
38201
Cultureel Woordenboek ID
techologie-en-techniek/perpetuum-mobile
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
204704
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/perpetual-motion
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
mouvement-perpetuel
Freebase ID
/m/0f4bm
Harper's tag
perpetual-motion
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
34288040
NDL Authority ID
00576620
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Namuwiki ID
영구기관
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007536488605171
NicoNicoPedia ID
永久機関
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3956042
PSH ID
3268
Pixiv Encyclopedia ID
永久機関
Quora topic ID
Perpetual-Motion
RationalWiki ID
Perpetual_motion
Topic's main category
Category:Perpetual motion
Vikidia article ID
fr:Mouvement_perpétuel
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID
amzinasis-variklis
Wellcome Collection concept ID
secmg3h4
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
14029034-n
Yale LUX ID
concept/9e4f5c58-5899-48b3-a436-f566fe33d227
Zhihu topic ID
19619552

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 4
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Nordisk familjebok, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
Different from 2
perpetual motion machine, Perpetuum Mobile
Subclass of 2
motion, hypothetical technology
← Different from 2
perpetual motion machine, Perpetuum Mobile
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Topic's main category 1
Category:Perpetual motion
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Perpetual motion
← Has use 1
perpetual motion machine
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  1. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 45sQI7
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 19w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → perpetual-motion
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: perpetual-motion, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289954411|perpetual motion (#289954411)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harpe"
  3. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Perpetual motion
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → motion, hypothetical technology
    Aliases → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007536488605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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