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BEATS PER MINUTE
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds
Synonyms:
beats per minute; bpm; M.M.; metronome marking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("beats per minute" is a kind of...):
pace; tempo (the rate of some repeating event)
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Holonyms ("beats per minute" is a part of...):
music (musical activity (singing or whistling etc.))
Context examples:
The minimum time between successive cycles of contraction and subsequent relaxation of the ventricles, usually expressed as beats per minute, obtained from a set of measurements of the ventricular rate.
(Minimum Ventricular Heart Rate, NCI Thesaurus)
The maximum time between successive cycles of contraction and subsequent relaxation of the heart, usually expressed as beats per minute, obtained from a set of measurements of the heart rate.
(Minimum Heart Rate, NCI Thesaurus)
The number of heartbeats per unit of time, usually expressed as beats per minute.
(Heart rate, NCI Thesaurus)
An electrocardiographic finding of idioventricular rhythm with a rate greater than 50 beats per minute.
(Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A disorder characterized by an electrocardiographic finding of an organized, regular atrial rhythm with atrial rate of 240-340 beats per minute.
(Atrial Flutter, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
An electrocardiographic finding of an organized, regular atrial rhythm with atrial rate of 240-340 beats per minute.
(Atrial Flutter by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A disorder characterized by a dysrhythmia with organized rhythmic atrial contractions with a rate of 200-300 beats per minute.
(Atrial Flutter, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
A baseline fetal heart rate with a detectable amplitude range that is greater than undetectable but less than or equal to five beats per minute.
(Minimal Baseline Fetal Heart Rate Variability, NCI Thesaurus)
A disorder characterized by an electrocardiographic finding of an organized, regular atrial rhythm with atrial rate between 101 and 240 beats per minute.
(Atrial Tachycardia, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The number of fetal cardiac beats per minute, considered as the reference value against which measurements in the future can be made.
(Baseline Fetal Heart Rate, NCI Thesaurus)
