Home › Entities › unit_of_measurement › revolutions per minute

revolutions per minute

number of rotations around a fixed axis in one minute
Thing unit_of_measurement Q206037
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

revolutions per minute

Summary

revolutions per minute is an unit of measurement[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of unit_of_measurement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (391 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • revolutions per minute's instance of is recorded as unit of measurement[3].
  • revolutions per minute's measured physical quantity is recorded as rotational speed[4].
  • revolutions per minute's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04sgss[5].
  • revolutions per minute's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'RPM'}[6].
  • revolutions per minute's different from is recorded as RPM[7].
  • revolutions per minute's different from is recorded as rounds per minute[8].
  • revolutions per minute's conversion to SI unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q6137407', 'amount': '+0.0166667'}[9].
  • revolutions per minute's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q39369', 'amount': '+0.0166666667'}[10].
  • revolutions per minute's defining formula is recorded as \mathrm{RPM}=\mathrm{rev}/\mathrm{min}[11].
  • revolutions per minute's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121v2j93[12].
  • revolutions per minute's QUDT unit ID is recorded as REV-PER-MIN[13].
  • revolutions per minute's NE.se ID is recorded as rpm[14].
  • revolutions per minute's Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent is recorded as wd:Q206037 p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?source; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. ?item p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?target; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. BIND(?source / ?target as ?value)[15].
  • revolutions per minute's IUPAC Gold Book ID is recorded as R05380[16].
  • revolutions per minute's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'rev/min'}[17].
  • revolutions per minute's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'об./мин'}[18].
  • revolutions per minute's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'r/min'}[19].
  • revolutions per minute's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'o/min'}[20].
  • revolutions per minute's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[21].
  • revolutions per minute's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 163204243[22].
  • revolutions per minute's UN/CEFACT Common Code is recorded as RPM[23].
  • revolutions per minute's Wolfram Language unit code is recorded as "Revolutions"/"Minutes"[24].
  • revolutions per minute's in defining formula is recorded as \mathrm{RPM}[25].
  • revolutions per minute's in defining formula is recorded as \mathrm{rev}[26].
  • revolutions per minute's in defining formula is recorded as \mathrm{min}[27].

Why It Matters

revolutions per minute ranks in the top 10% of unit_of_measurement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (391 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). revolutions per minute. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/revolutions-per-minute
MLA “revolutions per minute.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/revolutions-per-minute.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_revolutions-per-minute_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{revolutions per minute}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/revolutions-per-minute}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): revolutions per minute — https://4ort.xyz/entity/revolutions-per-minute (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/revolutions-per-minute · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Stuchalk · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → unit of measurement
    Conversion to standard unit → {'unit': 'Q39369', 'amount': '+0.0166666667'}
    Measured physical quantity → rotational speed
    Different from → RPM, rounds per minute
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q139558350]]"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.