Revolutions per Minute

Pronunciation: /ˌrɛv.əˈlu.ʃənz pər ˈmɪn.ɪt/ Explain
Abbreviation: RPM

The term revolutions per minute means how many times something turns a full circle in one minute. The abbreviation for revolutions per minute is RPM.

Manipulative 1 - Revolutions Per Minute Created with GeoGebra.

References

1. McAdams, David E.. All Math Words Dictionary, revolutions per second. 2nd Classroom edition 20150108-4799968. pg 156. Life is a Story Problem LLC. January 8, 2015. Buy the book

Cite this article as:

McAdams, David E. Revolutions per Minute. 3/29/2019. All Math Words Encyclopedia. Life is a Story Problem LLC. http://www.allmathwords.org/en/r/rpm.html.

Image Credits

• All images and manipulatives are by David McAdams unless otherwise stated. All images by David McAdams are Copyright © Life is a Story Problem LLC and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Revision History

3/29/2019: Corrected abbreviation (McAdams, David E.)
12/21/2018: Reviewed and corrected IPA pronunication. (McAdams, David E.)
12/5/2018: Removed broken links, updated license, implemented new markup, implemented new Geogebra app. (McAdams, David E.)
7/18/2018: Changed title to common format. (McAdams, David E.)
5/5/2011: Initial version. (McAdams, David E.)