perpetual motion machine of the second kind
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perpetual motion machine of the second kind
(pər′pech·ə·wəl ′mō·shən mə′shēn əv thə ′sek·ənd ′kīnd)
(physics) A device that extracts heat from a source and then converts this heat completely into other forms of energy; it violates the second law of thermodynamics.
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perpetual-motion machine
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