feet per second
Speed measurement unit
Feet per second is a unit of velocity measuring how many feet something travels in one second.
Common in American contexts for measuring bullet speed, wind velocity, or the flow of fluids: The muzzle velocity is 2,800 feet per second.
Often abbreviated fps or ft/s.
- m/sSI speed unit
- knotTied rope fastening
- velocityDirected rate of motion
- ballisticsProjectile motion science
- motionChange in position
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- speed unitsmph, kph, knots, kilometers per hour, miles per hour
- compound unitskilowatt hour, watt hour, kilometers per hour, miles per hour, gallons per minute
- gun specscaliber, barrel length, muzzle velocity, rate of fire, effective range
motion vs. stillness
feet per secondstationary
Not in motion
motionless · stopped · at rest · still · immobile
feet, second, footed, footing, seconds, secondly, secondary, secondarily