revolutions per minute

1. 1.

   rate of revolution of a motor

   “the engine was doing 6000 revs”

   Synonymsrpmrev

   Broaderrate

Questions about revolutions per minute

What does revolutions per minute mean?

revolutions per minute means "rate of revolution of a motor".

What is another word for revolutions per minute?

Close synonyms include rpm, rev. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is revolutions per minute a common word?