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How to pronounce rpm in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms rev, revolutions per minute
Type of rate

Examples of rpm

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The engine drones at high r.p.m. Road noise becomes bothersome at highway speed.
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He had a lighter-weight car and short-stroke engine, and could develop more RPM.
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Tom, if hypothetically RPM folds, what team does Ford go after as a replacement?
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On start-up, the idle is very low at 500 rpm, then eventually settles to normal.
From the washingtontimes.com
The PSI 8.8-liter provides 430 horsepower and 600 lb.-ft. of torque at 3400 RPM.
From the dailyherald.com
The last version of Strela used a 4096-word magnetic drum, rotating at 6000 rpm.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The speed at which the disks were rotated was eventually standardized at 78 rpm.
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Turbine designers look at their equations in terms of pressure, torque, and RPM.
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It revs at a fast 3,000 rpm at 70 mph, bad for fuel economy and peace and quiet.
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  • Revolutions per minute: rate of revolution of a motor; "the engine was doing 6000 revs"
  • Revolutions per minute (abbreviated rpm, RPM, rev/min, r/min) is a measure of the frequency of rotation, specifically the number of rotations around a fixed axis in one minute. It is used as a measure of rotational speed of a mechanical component. In the French language, tr/mn (tours par minute) is the common abbreviation...
  • This is a list of characters from the 2006 Pixar film Cars.
  • RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.
  • RPM Package Manager is a package management system. The name RPM refers to two things: software packaged in the .rpm file format, and the package manager itself. RPM was intended primarily for GNU/Linux distributions; the file format is the baseline package format of the Linux Standard Base.
  • The following is an episode list for the Kids' WB animated television series The Batman, starring the titular character. The series premiered on September 11, 2004, and ended on March 8, 2008. ...
  • (RPMS) (Resource Patient Management Information System) is a decentralized automated information system of over 50 integrated software applications. The system is designed to operate on micro- and mini-computers located in IHS or tribal healthcare facilities. ...
  • For Revolutions Per Minute, this is how you calculate your "cadence," or pedaling speed. Simply count the number of complete pedal revolutions (one side) you do in 15 seconds and multiply by 4 to determine how fast you're spinning. A good target for fitness riders is to maintain 70 to 90 RPM.
  • Rotational speed of the media (disk), also known as the