What does RPM stand for and what is it?

Question

What does RPM stand for and what is it?

Answer 1

Revolutions Per Minute. It tells you how fast your engine is turning.

Answer 2

"Revs Per Minute" or just how many twirls your engine is going. There's always a 'red line' though, indicated on your rev counter, or tachometer. Don't exceed the limit, or you risk engine damage!

Answer 3

RPM stands for revolutions per minute. it tells you how fast your engine is turning and increases or decreases during acceleration, fast speeding, changing gears. etc.

Answer 4

i agree with other answers it is Rev (revolutions) per minute but they all related to cars forgetting that vinyl records way back were either, 33 l/3, 45 or 78 RPMs which relates the same revolutions per minute meaning of course the speed at which they were played so i guess it relates to speed for anything not just vehicles or records. that turn.

Answer 5

For a car? Revolutions/rotations per minute. It tells you how fast your engine's spinning.

Answer 6

R.P.M. awwww.... what a beautiful thing it is!!!  R.P.M. is many different things.  The R.P.M. you are probably speaking of is Revolutions Per Minute and it means, How many times a certain things Revolves Per Minute.  But not so fast... when I 'Googled'  R.P.M. I was enlightened to find that R.P.M. is many things including but not limited to a shipping company, RacePlaceMotorsports, a computer program, its even the name of a music band... several probably.  Anyhow, hope this helps.