Revolutions Per Minute (Noun)
Meaning
Rate of revolution of a motor; "the engine was doing 6000 revs".
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- The car's tachometer read 3000 revolutions per minute as it accelerated from a standstill.
- Music CDs are played at a constant 720 revolutions per minute at outer diameter.
- The high-speed drill operated at a maximum of 20,000 revolutions per minute.
- Disco records rotated at 45 revolutions per minute on the turntable.
- The Formula One car's engine was doing 18,000 revolutions per minute as it approached the finish line.