BPM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bpm mean? 

• BPM (noun)
  The noun BPM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: BPM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BPM (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 ("bpm" 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 ("bpm" is a part of...):

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

 Context examples 

A fetal heart rate above 160 bpm that is sustained for longer than 10 minutes.

(Fetal Tachycardia, NCI Thesaurus)

To be called an acceleration, the peak must be greater than or equal to 15 bpm, and the acceleration must last greater than or equal to 15 seconds from the onset to return to baseline.

(Fetal Heart Rate Acceleration, NCI Thesaurus)

A fetal heart rate below 110 bpm that is sustained for longer than 10 minutes.

(Fetal Bradycardia, NCI Thesaurus)