REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Rate of revolution of a motor

Example:

the engine was doing 6000 revs

Synonyms:

rev; revolutions per minute; rpm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("revolutions per minute" is a kind of...):

rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)

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