Wpm

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of wpm. alt-of
  2. 2
    Initialism of words per minute (“a measure of speed, as of output, typing, reading, or speech”). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "So, if you're thinking at 400 and the person you're talking to is speaking at 150, then what you do with that extra 250 wpm capacity is going to determine how good a listener you are."

  3. 3
    the rate at which words are produced (as in speaking or typing) wordnet

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cpskphwords per minutewords per minute

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"So, if you're thinking at 400 and the person you're talking to is speaking at 150, then what you do with that extra 250 wpm capacity is going to determine how good a listener you are."

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