rpm

plural rpms · plural rpm's

1. Alternative letter-case form of RPM.

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   Each turbogenerator consisted of a steam turbine, powered by 900 psi of superheated steam, that was coupled by a set of reduction gears to a General Electric marine alternating-current generator operating at 1,800 rpm. Each generator had a capacity of 2,000 kilowatts of three-phase power at 450 volts and 60 hertz. The main 450-volt switchboard was energized by the two turbogenerators. The emergency switchboard, in the emergency generator room, was fed from the main switchboard through an electrical tie.

   2017 December 12, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.3.5 Electrical Generation and Distribution System”, in Marine Accident Report: Sinking of US Cargo Vessel SS El Faro, Atlantic Ocean, Northeast of Acklins and Crooked Island, Bahamas, October 1, 2015, archived from the original on 15 May 2022, pages 36–37

1. Alternative letter-case form of RPM.

plural RPMs

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of revolutions per minute.
2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of royal prerogative of mercy.

1. rail transportThe station code of Royapuram railway station in India.
2. abbreviationinitialismcomputingInitialism of RPM Package Manager or (formerly) Red Hat Package Manager, a package management system used by some Linux distributions, especially by Red Hat.