Term Gallery logo

Meanings of revolutions per minute in English

Russian
обороты в минуту
Portuguese
frequência complexa
Spanish
revoluciones por minuto
Catalan
voltes per minut

Number of rotations around a fixed axis in one minute.

Related terms
обороты в минуту
Synonyms
Examples for "rev"
Examples for "rev"
1
The reason Ike didn't rev up is still a puzzle, Read said.
Reuters
2
A few seconds later, I hear his motorcycle rev and take off.
Deadly little secret
3
Kurien and reorganise its key IT outsourcing business to rev up growth.
Reuters
4
DUP leader Rev Ian Paisley after casting his vote in Belfast today.
The Irish Times
5
The Rev Ian Paisley has held North Antrim comfortably for 31 years.
The Irish Times
1
Once the engine oil has warmed, you'll have a rev-limit of 7600rpm.
The South African
2
It roars to life but settles quickly into a smooth 750rpm idle.
BBC
3
Others go in for 45 rpm singles, but only from one particular label.
Voices
4
The reaction was carried out by shaking the reaction mixture at 120 rpm.
Pubmed
5
A satisfying serve of torque is delivered at a low 1500rpm.
News.com.au
1
A body making one revolution per minute in a circle of one foot radius will in one second revolve through an arc of 6°.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886
2
Normal helicopters work at a fixed rate of rotor revolutions per minute.
Wired
3
The number of revolutions per minute is also set at a fixed rate.
Wired
4
The shafts of the dynamos have a velocity of 600 revolutions per minute.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884
5
The one shaft in common runs with a velocity of 60 revolutions per minute.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884
Usage of revolutions per minute in English
1
Normal helicopters work at a fixed rate of rotor revolutions per minute.
Wired
2
The number of revolutions per minute is also set at a fixed rate.
Wired
3
The shafts of the dynamos have a velocity of 600 revolutions per minute.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884
4
The one shaft in common runs with a velocity of 60 revolutions per minute.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884
5
Sixty revolutions per minute is equal to 120 strokes, or two strokes per second.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891
6
This continues until the speed of rotation has increased to about 60 revolutions per minute.
The Dancing Mouse: A Study in Animal Behavior
7
It can, however, be run at as high a speed as 140 revolutions per minute.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881
8
This is all done at high-speed -up to tens of thousands of revolutions per minute.
BBC
9
The number of revolutions per minute will of course vary with the diameter of the saw.
Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 / A Weekl...
10
Sensors clocked him spinning at 177 revolutions per minute (rpm).
Packing for mars: the curious science of life in the void
11
Now divide the feet per minute by the propeller revolutions per minute, add 15 per cent.
The Aeroplane Speaks
12
That God forsaken country reminds me of a fly wheel on a automobeel-2000revolutions per minute.
Love Letters of a Rookie to Julie
13
They spin at tens of thousands of revolutions per minute, and their compressor blades are easily damaged.
Wired
14
You play them at 16 revolutions per minute, not 33 or 45.
The Rhesus Chart
15
The resistance when making 120 revolutions per minute is 2,810 million ohms.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885
16
They each make 43 revolutions per minute.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882