ppm

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Initialism of parts per million (10000 ppm = 1%).

Similar
μUmicrouno
CommonScrabble 9

Meanings

ppm1

nounppm (plural ppm)
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of parts per million (10000 ppm = 1%).

    The overflush consisted of 100 bbls of uncrosslinked 3000 ppm polymer, followed by one wellbore volume (~150 bbls) plus 450 bbls crude behind pipe.

    1995, Proceedings, International Meeting on Petroleum Engineering, page 63
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    PIRG noted the European Union has a limit of 300 ppm for boron and that there should be a “full-fledged investigation to determine if limits should be established” in the US.

    2018 November 20, Wayne Drash, “Consumer group warns of ‘dangerous’ slime products and other hazardous toys”, in CNN, archived from the original on 26 Oct 2022

    Synonyms: μU, microuno

  2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of page(s) per minute.

PPM2

nounPPM (countable and uncountable, plural PPMs)

plural PPMs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of pulse position modulation.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of process production model.
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of power-performance management.
  4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of prediction by partial match.
nounPPM (plural PPM)

alternative ppm

  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of page per minute.

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MLA

“ppm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ppm. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ppm,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ppm.

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