frame per second

English

Noun

frame per second (plural frames per second)

1. (usually in the plural) A measure of how many times an imaging or display device produces unique consecutive images (frames) in one second.

   The graphics are really choppy; I'm only getting 12 frames per second.

Derived terms

(rate of consecutive images on an imaging or display device):

• FPS (abbreviation)
• fps (abbreviation)

Translations

put together the structural elements

French: image par seconde f German: Bilder pro Sekunde n pl Polish: klatka na sekundę f Portuguese: fotogramas por segundo, quadros por segundo, frames por segundo Swedish: bildrutor per sekund c pl