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Definition of Beats per minute

1. Noun. The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beats Per Minute

Literary usage of Beats per minute

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by United States Bureau of Animal Industry (1911)
"Gelding 33 to 38 beats per minute. Mare 34 to 40 beats per minute. Foal 2 to 3 years old 40 to 50 ... Foal 6 to 12 months old 45 to 60 beats per minute. ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (1891)
"The heart was first observed with the pericardium intact, and had an average of 39 beats per minute for the first 3 minutes. The pericardium was next slit ..."

3. The Journal of Physiology by Physiological Society (Great Britain). (1896)
"of 80 beats per minute, there is usually a resulting increase of 10 beats per minute in the cardiac frequency, as well as an augmentation of its force; ..."

4. The Healthy Baby: The Care and Feeding of Infants in Sickness and in Health by Roger Herbert Dennett (1922)
"... 36 pounds 5 years 40 pounds 7 years 48 pounds 6 years 44 pounds 8 years 53 pounds NUMBER OF PULSE beats per minute At birth 130 to 150 First month . ..."

5. Textbook of human physiology by Leonard Landois, William Stirling (1889)
"In man the normal pulse rate = 71 to 72 beats per minute, in the female about 80. ... 130 to 140 Beats per Minute. 1 year, 120 to 130 2 years, ..."

6. Therapeutic Gazette (1897)
"... the pulse falling to forty-six beats per minute. By the use of camphor injections the patient soon rallied, recovering completely in four days, ..."

7. Food Ingestion and Energy Transformations: With Special Reference to the by Francis Gano Benedict, Thorne Martin Carpenter (1918)
"An increase was also noted in the pulse rate from 65 beats per minute during fasting to 71 beats per minute after a rich meal. ..."

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