rpm

American

Or r.p.m.

revolutions per minute.

rpm British

abbreviation

revolutions per minute
resale price maintenance

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In more relaxed moments—at highway speeds, in 8th gear—the V12 is barely turning 1,000 rpm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Pressed as a 78 rpm disc, it featured songs like The Good Ship Victory and There Comes a Time.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

But some of its other projects—a pandemic-era lending library and the ongoing digitalization of 78 rpm records—have led to lawsuits now threatening the future of this repository of the past.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2024

“We spun our blades up to 3,500 rpm, which is 750 revolutions per minute faster than the Ingenuity blades have gone,” he said in a November statement.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2024

I still felt as if I'd been stuffed in a dryer and spun around at a thousand rpm, but as Belet said, I seemed fine.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

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