BEATS PER MINUTE

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does beats per minute mean? 

• BEATS PER MINUTE (noun)
  The noun BEATS PER MINUTE has 1 sense:

1. the pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds

  Familiarity information: BEATS PER MINUTE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEATS PER MINUTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

beats per minute; bpm; M.M.; metronome marking

Hypernyms ("beats per minute" is a kind of...):

pace; tempo (the rate of some repeating event)

Domain category:

music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)

Holonyms ("beats per minute" is a part of...):

music (musical activity (singing or whistling etc.))

 Context examples 

The maximum time between successive cycles of contraction and subsequent relaxation of the ventricles, usually expressed as beats per minute, obtained from a set of measurements of the ventricular rate.

(Maximum Ventricular Heart Rate, NCI Thesaurus)

The average (mean) number of cycles of contraction and subsequent relaxation of the heart, usually expressed as beats per minute, obtained from a set of measurements of the heart rate.

(Mean Heart Rate, NCI Thesaurus)

The minimum time between successive cycles of contraction and subsequent relaxation of the heart, usually expressed as beats per minute, obtained from a set of measurements of the heart rate.

(Maximum Heart Rate, NCI Thesaurus)

The rate may range from 140 to 250 beats per minute.

(Junctional Tachycardia by ECG Finding, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A disorder characterized by a dysrhythmia with abrupt onset and sudden termination of atrial contractions with a rate of 150-250 beats per minute.

(Paroxysmal Atrial Tachycardia, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

The average (mean) number of cycles of contraction and subsequent relaxation of the ventricles, usually expressed as beats per minute, obtained from a set of measurements of the ventricular rate.

(Mean Ventricular Heart Rate, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the median number of cycles of contraction and subsequent relaxation of the heart, usually expressed as beats per minute, obtained from a set of measurements of the heart rate.

(Median Heart Rate, NCI Thesaurus)

The ventricular rate is typically 100-150 beats per minute.

(Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Characterized by baseline fetal heart rate 110 to 160 beats per minute, moderate baseline variability, absent late or variable decelerations and absent or present early decelerations.

(Normal Continuous Cardiotocography Pattern, NCI Thesaurus)

A baseline fetal heart rate with a detectable amplitude range that is greater than 6 but less than or equal to 25 beats per minute.

(Moderate Baseline Fetal Heart Rate Variability, NCI Thesaurus)