“perpetuum”

The following 4 entries include the term perpetuum.

perpetuum mobile

Latin noun phrase

: perpetually moving thing : perpetual motion used for a musical composition having the same rapid motion from beginning to end

in perpetuum

adverb

: in perpetuity : forever

kere perpetuum

noun

: a kere which is always substituted for a particular word in the Hebrew Bible and whose consonants are not written in the margin but are supplied by the reader from memory

keri perpetuum

noun

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