metres per second
Rate of motion
Metres per second is a unit of speed or velocity in the metric system, measuring distance traveled per unit of time.
It serves as the standard unit of speed in scientific contexts: The speed of light is approximately 300 million metres per second.
Often abbreviated m/s or mps.
The American spelling is meters per second.
- running speedRate of locomotive movement
- rate of changeMeasure of variation speed
- velocityDirected rate of motion
- accelerationRate velocity changes
- kinetic energyPower from movement
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physical quantity measured
metres per secondstationary
Not in motion
at rest · motionless · metres · seconds · immobility
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