revolutions per minute(n = noun.time) rev, rpm - rate of revolution of a motor; "the engine was doing 6000 revs"
is a kind of rate
N rotation, revolution, spinning, gyration, turning about an axis, turning aound an axis, circulation, roll, circumrotation, circumvolution, circumgyration, volutation, circination, turbination, pirouette, convolution, verticity, whir, whirl, eddy, vortex, whirlpool, gurge, countercurrent, Maelstrom, Charybdis, Ixion, cyclone, tornado, whirlwind, dust devil, spin-out, axis, axis of rotation, swivel, pivot, pivot point, axle, spindle, pin, hinge, pole, arbor, bobbin, mandrel, axle shaft, gymbal, hub, hub of rotation, helix, helical motion, angular momentum, angular velocity, revolutions per minute, RPM, centrifugal force, surge, vertigo, dizzy round, coriolus force, carousel, merry-go-round, Ferris wheel, top, dreidel, teetotum, gyroscope, turntable, lazy suzan, screw, whirligig, rollingstone, water wheel, windmill, wheel, pulley wheel, roulette wheel, potter's wheel, pinwheel, gear, roller, flywheel, jack, caster, centrifuge, ultracentrifuge, bench centrifuge, refrigerated centrifuge, gas centrifuge, microfuge, drill, augur, oil rig, wagon wheel, wheel, tire, tyre, trochilics, whirling dervish, rotating, rotary, rotary, circumrotatory, trochilic, vertiginous, gyratory, vortical, vorticose, head over heels, round and round, like a horse in a mill.
beats per minute, bits per inch, bits per second, charge per unit, count per minute, cycle per second, earning per share, force per unit area, gigacycle per second, kilocycle per second, kilometers per hour, kilometres per hour, last minute, light minute, megacycle per second, miles per gallon, miles per hour, million floating point operations per second, million instructions per second, minute, minute book, minute gun, minute hand, minute of arc, minute steak, new york minute, per, per annum, per capita, per capita income, per centum, per diem, per se, per year, pounds per square inch, trillion floating point operations per second, words per minute