Both Uses
perpetual
in
Fahrenheit 451
(Edited)
- It's perpetual motion; the thing man wanted to invent but never did.
p. 109.3 *perpetual = continuing forever without change
- Or almost perpetual motion. If you let it go on, it'd burn our lifetimes out.
p. 109.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(perpetual) continuing forever without change; or occurring so frequently it seems constant
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)