Definition of "fpm" [fpm]

• Feet per minute (abbreviation)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "P: The autopilot leads in spite of setting on "height keep" to a descent of 200 fpm."
• "“Avoid descent rates of 800 fpm feet per minute or greater at airspeeds less than 40 KCAS,” it said, “KCAS” being the abbreviation for “knots-calibrated air speed.”"
• "January 29, 2006 at 04: 03 PM fpm Young: Since you are afraid of homosexuals getting equal treatment, fearful enough to write discrimination into the Virginia constitution, why don't we also write the tax increase into the Virginia constitution??"