rev
noun/rev/
/rev/
(informal)- a complete turn of an engine, used when talking about an engine’s speed synonym revolution
- 4 000 revs per minute
- The needle on the rev counter soared.
- The engine is almost silent at low revs.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- low
- engine
- …
- counter
- revs a minute
- revs per minute
Word Originearly 20th cent.: abbreviation of revolution.Definitions on the go
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