Rpm

name, noun

name, noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of RPM. alt-of

    "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 volts and 60 hertz. The main 450-volt switchboard was energized by the two turbogenerators. The emergency switchboard, in the emergency generator room, was fed from the main switchboard through an electrical tie."

  2. 2
    Initialism of revolutions per minute. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    rate of revolution of a motor wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of RPM. alt-of
  2. 2
    The station code of Royapuram railway station in India.
  3. 3
    Initialism of RPM Package Manager or (formerly) Red Hat Package Manager, a package management system used by some Linux distributions, especially by Red Hat. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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"When I was five, I bought my first 45 RPM record from a man in a stand outside a department store."

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