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rpm¹

noun rpm · rpms · rpm's

  1. Alternative letter-case form of RPM Each turbogenerator consisted of a steam turbine, powered by 900 psi of superheated steam, that was coupled by a set of reduction gears to a General Electric marine alternating-current generator operating at 1,800 rpm. Each generator had a capacity of 2,000 kilowatts of three-phase power at 450 volt

proper noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of RPM

RPM²

noun RPMs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of revolutions per minute
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of royal prerogative of mercy

proper noun

  1. The station code of Royapuram railway station in India.
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of RPM Package Manager or (formerly) Red Hat Package Manager, a package management system used by some Linux distributions, especially by Red Hat.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: rev, grp, regime, mmp, gpr, mpr, revolution, maf, mrp, tpm, bam, mph, prmd, revolutions, angular speed, angular frequency

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noun revolutions per minute

PortuguêsRPM, revoluções por minuto, rotações por minuto
Русскийобороты в минуту oboroty v minutu

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@misc{rpm_2026,
  title = {rpm},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rpm},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}