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SI derived unit of speed and velocity
The
metre per second
is the unit of both
speed
(a
scalar quantity
) and
velocity
(a
vector quantity
, which has direction and magnitude) in the
International System of Units
(SI), equal to the speed of a body covering a
distance
of one
metre
in a time of one
second
. According to the definition of metre,
[1]
1 m/s
is exactly
of the
speed of light
.
The
SI unit
symbols are
m/s
,
m·s
?1
,
m s
?1
, or
m
/
s
.
[2]
Conversions
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1 m/s
is equivalent to:
- = 3.6
km/h
(exactly)
[3]
- ? 3.2808
feet per second
(approximately)
[4]
- ? 2.2369
miles per hour
(approximately)
[5]
- ? 1.9438
knots
(approximately)
[6]
1
foot per second
=
0.3048 m/s
(exactly)
[7]
1
mile per hour
=
0.447
04
m/s
(exactly)
[8]
1
km/h
=
0.2
7
m/s
(exactly)
[9]
Relation to other measures
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The
benz
, named in honour of
Karl Benz
, has been proposed as a name for one metre per second.
[10]
Although it has seen some support as a practical unit,
[11]
primarily from German sources,
[10]
it was rejected as the SI unit of velocity
[12]
and has not seen widespread use or acceptance.
[13]
Unicode character
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The "metre per second" symbol is encoded by
Unicode
at code point
U+33A7
㎧
SQUARE M OVER S
.
[14]
See also
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References
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- ^
"Definitions of the SI base units"
.
physics.nist.gov
. 29 May 2019
. Retrieved
8 February
2022
.
- ^
"SI brochure, Section 5.1"
. Archived from
the original
on 2019-03-21
. Retrieved
2018-06-08
.
- ^
CDX Automotive (2013).
South African Automotive Light Vehicle Level 3
. Jones & Bartlett Learning. p. 478.
ISBN
978-1449697853
.
- ^
Dincer, ?brahim; Rosen, Marc A. (2007).
EXERGY: Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development
. Amsterdam: Elsevier. p. 444.
ISBN
9780080531359
.
OCLC
228148217
.
- ^
Jazar, Reza N. (2017).
Vehicle Dynamics: Theory and Application
(3. ed.). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. p. 957.
ISBN
9783319534411
.
OCLC
988750637
.
- ^
Collinson, R.P.G. (2013).
Introduction to Avionics Systems
(2. ed.). Boston: Springer Science & Business Media. p. 16.
ISBN
9781441974662
.
OCLC
861706692
.
- ^
Potter, Merle C; Wiggert, David C; Ramadan, Bassem H. (2016).
Mechanics of Fluids, SI Edition
(5. ed.). Cengage Learning. p. 722.
ISBN
978-1305887701
.
- ^
Das, Braja M.; Kassimali, Aslam; Sami, Sedat (2010).
Mechanics for Engineers: Statics
. Ft. Lauderdale, FL: J. Ross Publishing. p. 556.
ISBN
9781604270297
.
OCLC
419827343
.
- ^
Wright, Gus (2015).
Fundamentals of medium/heavy duty diesel engines
. Burlington, Massachusetts: Jones & Bartlett Publishers. p. 1349.
ISBN
9781284067057
.
OCLC
927104266
.
- ^
a
b
Klein HA. (2011).
The Science of Measurement: A Historical Survey
. Dover Publications. p. 695.
ISBN
978-0486258393
.
- ^
Heijungs R. (2005). "On the Use of Units in LCA".
The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
.
10
(3): 174.
doi
:
10.1065/lca2005.02.199
.
S2CID
110961104
.
- ^
Cardarelli F. (2004).
Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures: Their SI Equivalences and Origins
. Transl. by MJ Shields. (3rd revised ed.). Springer. p.
217
.
ISBN
978-1852336820
.
- ^
Dresner S. (1974).
Units of Measurement: An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Units Both Scientific and Popular and the Quantities They Measure
. Harvey Miller and Medcalf. p. 13.
ISBN
978-0-85602-036-0
.
- ^
Unicode Consortium
(2019).
"The Unicode Standard 12.0 ? CJK Compatibility ? Range: 3300?33FF ?"
(PDF)
.
Unicode.org
. Retrieved
May 24,
2019
.
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