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⁻¹, or equivalently, m/s.

Astronomical measurements sometimes list velocities in terms of kilometres per second, where a kilometre per second is equivalent to 1 000 metres per second.

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)

1 kilometre per second is equivalent to:

≈ 0.6213 miles per second (approximately)

See also

• kilometre per hour
• Orders of magnitude (speed)