Degrees (°) to Revolutions (rev) Conversion
Degrees
The degree (°) is a unit of angular measurement equal to 1/360 of a full rotation, a convention inherited from ancient Babylonian astronomy which used a base-60 numeral system and approximated the year as 360 days — one degree for each day of apparent solar travel. The degree is subdivided into 60 arcminutes (′), each of which divides into 60 arcseconds (″), following the same sexagesimal tradition. It is the most widely used angle unit in everyday life, navigation, geography, and engineering outside of advanced mathematics.
Revolutions
A revolution (rev) is a unit of angle equal to exactly one complete rotation — 360 degrees, 2π radians, or 400 gradians. It is used in engineering and mechanics to describe rotational motion, most commonly as revolutions per minute (RPM) — the standard measure of rotational speed for engines, motors, turbines, and drill bits. A car engine at idle typically runs at 700–900 RPM; at highway cruising speed, 2,000–3,000 RPM. In astronomy, the orbital period of Earth is exactly one revolution around the Sun per year.
| Degrees (°) | Revolutions (rev) |
|---|---|
| 0.1 ° | 0.00027777777777778 rev |
| 1 ° | 0.0027777777777778 rev |
| 2 ° | 0.0055555555555556 rev |
| 3 ° | 0.0083333333333333 rev |
| 5 ° | 0.013888888888889 rev |
| 10 ° | 0.027777777777778 rev |
| 20 ° | 0.055555555555556 rev |
| 30 ° | 0.083333333333333 rev |
| 50 ° | 0.13888888888889 rev |
| 100 ° | 0.27777777777778 rev |
| 1000 ° | 2.7777777777778 rev |
Convert Degrees (°) to other units of Angle
| ‣ Degrees (°) to radians (rad) |
| ‣ Degrees (°) to gradians (gon) |
| ‣ Degrees (°) to arcminutes (′) |
| ‣ Degrees (°) to arcseconds (″) |
| ‣ Degrees (°) to revolutions (rev) |