Metre per second

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, or equivalently, m s^-1.

Conversions

1 metre per second is equivalent to:

• 3.2808 feet per second (approximately)
• 2.2369 miles per hour (approximately)
• 3.6 km/h (exactly)

• 1 foot per second = 0.3048 metre per second (exactly)
• 1 mile per hour = 0.4471 metre per second (approximately)
• 1 km/h = 0.2778 metre per second (approximately)

See also

• kilometre per hour
• Orders of magnitude (speed)

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