ppm

See also: PPM and p.p.m.

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Papuma.

Symbol

ppm

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Papuma.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Papuma terms

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

ppm (plural ppm)

  2. (initialism) (common) Parts per million. (10000 ppm = 1%)
    • 1995, Proceedings, International Meeting on Petroleum Engineering, page 63:
      The overflush consisted of 100 bbls of uncrosslinked 3000 ppm polymer, followed by one wellbore volume (~150 bbls) plus 450 bbls crude behind pipe.
    • 2018 November 20, Wayne Drash, “Consumer group warns of ‘dangerous’ slime products and other hazardous toys”, in CNN‎[1]:
      PIRG noted the European Union has a limit of 300 ppm for boron and that there should be a “full-fledged investigation to determine if limits should be established” in the US.
  4. (initialism) page(s) per minute

Synonyms

  • (parts per million): µU, microuno

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