counts/minute
- noun
- Specialized
- The heart rate was measured at 75 counts/minute.
Examples
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The Geiger counter registered 150 counts/minute after the sample was placed nearby.
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The technician measured the machine’s vibration at 30 counts/minute.
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Heart monitors often display a patient’s pulse in counts/minute.
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He completed 100 counts/minute during the test.
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Heart monitors often display a patient’s pulse in counts/minute.
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The Geiger counter registered 150 counts/minute after the sample was placed nearby.
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The technician measured the machine’s vibration at 30 counts/minute.
Synonyms
∞
2.1
The speed or amount at which something happens over time
495
3.0
How often something happens over time
10
3.9
A unit of frequency equal to one million cycles per second
7
3.7
A measure of how many times something repeats each second
Number of events that happen in one minute
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Counts/minute simply means how many counts happen in one minute; count means 'to say or record numbers' and minute means '60 seconds', so it tells you how often something happens in sixty seconds.