Metre per second

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Metre per second (U.S. spelling: meter per second) is an SI derived unit of both speed (scalar) and velocity (vector), defined by distance in metres divided by time in seconds. The symbol is m·s^-1, or equivalently, m/s.

Conversions

1 metre per second is equivalent to:

• ≈ 3.2808 feet per second (approximately)
• ≈ 2.2369 miles per hour (approximately)
• ≡ 3.6 km·h^-1 (exactly)

• 1 foot per second ≡ 0.3048 m·s^-1 (exactly)
• 1 mile per hour ≈ 0.4471 m·s^-1 (approximately)
• 1 km·h^-1 ≈ 0.2778 m·s^-1 (approximately)

See also

• kilometre per hour
• Orders of magnitude (speed)bg:Километър в час

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