WORDS PER MINUTE

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does words per minute mean? 

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

1. the rate at which words are produced (as in speaking or typing)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WORDS PER MINUTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The rate at which words are produced (as in speaking or typing)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

words per minute; wpm

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

rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)

 Context examples 

Current technology limits users to, at best, 10 words per minute, while natural human speech occurs at roughly 150 words/minute.

(Scientists translate brain signals into speech sounds, National Institutes of Health)