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Revolutions per minute, rpm

A unit indicating how many revolutions a rotating object, such as a turbine, completes in one minute. One rpm corresponds to a rotational frequency of 0.016667 Hz. A steam turbine in a thermal power plant has an average rotational speed of 3,000 rpm, while an average wind turbine has 15 rpm.