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Princeton's WordNet

  1. words per minute, wpmnoun

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

Wikipedia

  1. Words per minute

    Words per minute, commonly abbreviated wpm (sometimes uppercased WPM), is a measure of words processed in a minute, often used as a measurement of the speed of typing, reading or Morse code sending and receiving.

ChatGPT

  1. words per minute

    Words per minute (WPM) is a measure of an individual's typing speed or reading speed, calculated by counting the number of words that are typed or read in one minute. It is often used to assess the efficiency of data entry, communication abilities, or language skills.

Wikidata

  1. Words per minute

    Words per minute, commonly abbreviated wpm, is a measure of input or output speed. For the purpose of typing measurement a word is standardized to five characters or keystrokes, including spaces and punctuation. For example, "I run" counts as one word, and "rhinoceros" and "let's talk" both count as two.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of words per minute in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of words per minute in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of words per minute in a Sentence

  1. Chris Rouland:

    If we sent unencrypted keyboard strokes as if we were a mouse it started typing on the computer, typing at a 1000 words per minute.

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