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perpetual

adj
/pɚˈpɛt͡ʃuəl/US/pəˈpɛtʃʊəl/UK

Etymology

From Middle English perpetuel, from Old French perpetuel, from Latin perpetuālis (“universal”), from perpetuus, from petō.

  1. derived from perpetuālis — “universal”
  2. derived from perpetuel
  3. inherited from perpetuel

Definitions

  1. Lasting forever, or for an indefinitely long time.

  2. Set up to be in effect or have tenure for an unlimited duration.

    • perpetual copyright

  3. Continuing

    Continuing; uninterrupted.

    • There are perpetual requests for changes as new payloads and new demands and modifications are suggested by the users.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Flowering throughout the growing season.

      • By means of artificial hybridization, practised for a series of years, he has succeeded in producing a race of carnations which are perpetual bloomers.
      • The hybrid perpetual roses as a rule require to be pruned to within 4 to 6 inches of the ground.

    2. Ellipsis of perpetual check.

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Derived

a contented mind is a perpetual feast, hybrid perpetual, nonperpetual, perpetual beta, perpetual bond, perpetual canon, perpetual curate, perpetual futures, perpetual inventory, perpetualism, perpetualist, perpetuality, perpetual license, perpetually, perpetual motion, perpetual motion machine, perpetual motion machine of the first kind, perpetual motion machine of the second kind, perpetualness, perpetual pill, perpetual revolution, perpetual stew, semiperpetual, unperpetual

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at perpetual. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at perpetual. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at perpetual

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA