Re: The Plural of RPM

[al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com]

Proof that you can teach and old dog new tricks....providing you get a
large enough 2x4.  Obviously, although I know what they are and what they
do, I have never operated a milling machine.

Al

> Actually, in some instances, RPM can refer to "rotations" but that s
> typically on a 4 or 5 axis milling machine where you are describing
> the maximum rotary speed of an axis. Admittedly this is a very small
> instance.
>
> Will.
>
> On May 2, 2006, at 11:16 AM, al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com wrote:
>
>> Websters dictionary defines "RPM" as revolutions per minute, not
>> rotations
>> or revolutions's, so your engineer is wrong, unless of course he is
>> developing an entirely new language, and you would be wrong if you use
>> "rotations" to define the acronym; although, this acronym is so
>> common, it
>> probably would not need defining.
>>


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