WordNet
n. the pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds [syn: bpm, metronome marking, M.M.]
Wikipedia
Beats Per Minute (formerly One Thirty BPM) is a New York and Los Angeles-based online publication providing reviews, news, media, interviews, features, and more from both the independent and mainstream spheres of the music world. Beats Per Minute covers a wide variety of genres but specializes in rock, hip hop, and electronic music. The site changed its name from One Thirty BPM to Beats Per Minute in January 2012.
Founded in late 2008 as a five-man operation, Beats Per Minute has since expanded to a staff of over 50 contributors based in the U.S., U.K., New Zealand, Germany, Australia, and Sweden.
Beats Per Minute is now a featured publication on Metacritic.
Usage examples of "beats per minute".
As I understand it, the idea in aerobic exercise is to get your heart pumping at an accelerated rate (say, 150 beats per minute) for a sustained period (say, half an hour).
The pulse had steadily fallen from the anxiety state prior to anesthesia to a comfortable seventy-two beats per minute.
Usually, when he was seated, his rate ranged between sixty and sixty-two beats per minute, because he was in exceptional condition.
I was face down on the bed, my heart rate was around twelve beats per minute, and I was in a state of euphoric slobbering contentment.
He located first the heart pulse in the carotid artery, and when he had calculated the beats per minute, he pressed the outside heel of his hand against the nerve meridian, getting a feel of that flow running from the heel to the tip of his middle finger.
Sisko remained absolutely still as his heart pounded at 180 beats per minute.
The words will usually be delivered at the rate of 45 to 60 beats per minute, maximizing the hypnotic effect.