Comment on If something could rotate infinitely after being initially pushed, would the initial push disqualify it from being classed as perpetual motion?

AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

“Perpetual motion” is a bit of a misnomer—it’s only a violation of the second law of thermodynamics if the system is losing energy to friction (or if you try to extract energy from it).

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