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"ref": "1986 June 6, Richard Feynman, “Personal observations on the reliability of the Shuttle”, in Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, Report to the President",
"text": "There are perpetual requests for changes as new payloads and new demands and modifications are suggested by the users.",
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"word": "無休止嘅"
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"text": "The hybrid perpetual roses as a rule require to be pruned to within 4 to 6 inches of the ground.",
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"(botany) Flowering throughout the growing season."
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"sense": "flowering throughout the growing season"
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"sense": "flowering throughout the growing season",
"word": "koko kasvukauden kukkiva"
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"_dis1": "3 6 6 84",
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"sense": "flowering throughout the growing season",
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"sense": "flowering throughout the growing season",
"word": "πολυετής"
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"expansion": "Latin perpetuālis (“universal”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "perpetuus"
},
"expansion": "perpetuus",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "petō"
},
"expansion": "petō",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English perpetuel, from Old French perpetuel, from Latin perpetuālis (“universal”), from perpetuus, from petō.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "perpetuals",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "perpetual (plural perpetuals)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"per‧pet‧u‧al"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "perpetual check"
}
],
"categories": [
"English ellipses"
],
"glosses": [
"Ellipsis of perpetual check."
],
"links": [
[
"perpetual check",
"perpetual check#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"ellipsis"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pɚˈpɛt͡ʃuəl/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pəˈpɛtʃʊəl/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pəˈpɛtjʊəl/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-perpetual.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b4/En-us-perpetual.ogg/En-us-perpetual.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/En-us-perpetual.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "perpetuall"
}
],
"word": "perpetual"
}
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