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Meters Per Second Conversion

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Meters Per Second Conversion
Meter Per Second Conversion Calculators
Meter Per Second Definition and Usage
Meters Per Second Measurement Conversion Table
Other Speed Units
What is metre formula?
How do you find velocity in meters per second?
Which is the unit of metre per second?

The meter per second is a unit used to measure speed. Use one of the conversion calculators below to convert to another unit of measure, or read on to learn more about meters per second.

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Meter Per Second Definition and Usage

Meters per second are a measurement of speed expressing the distance traveled in meters in one second.

The meter per second, or metre per second, is the SI derived unit for speed in the metric system. Meters per second can be abbreviated as m/s, and are also sometimes abbreviated as m/sec. For example, 1 meter per second can be written as 1 m/s or 1 m/sec.

In formal expressions, the slash, or solidus (/), is used to separate units used to indicate division in an expression.[1]

Meters per second can be expressed using the formula:
vm/s = dm / tsec

The velocity in meters per second is equal to the distance in meters divided by time in seconds.

Meters Per Second Measurement Conversion Table

Common meter per second values and equivalent imperial and metric speed measurements

meters per second	knots	Mach number	speed of sound	speed of light	miles per hour	feet per second	kilometers per second	kilometers per hour	centimeters per second
1 m/s	1.943844 kn	Mach 0.002915	0.002915 sound	0.0000000033356 c	2.236936 mph	3.28084 ft/s	0.001 km/s	3.6 km/h	100 cm/s
2 m/s	3.887689 kn	Mach 0.005831	0.005831 sound	0.0000000066713 c	4.473873 mph	6.56168 ft/s	0.002 km/s	7.2 km/h	200 cm/s
3 m/s	5.831533 kn	Mach 0.008746	0.008746 sound	0.000000010007 c	6.710809 mph	9.84252 ft/s	0.003 km/s	10.8 km/h	300 cm/s
4 m/s	7.775378 kn	Mach 0.011662	0.011662 sound	0.000000013343 c	8.947745 mph	13.12336 ft/s	0.004 km/s	14.4 km/h	400 cm/s
5 m/s	9.719222 kn	Mach 0.014577	0.014577 sound	0.000000016678 c	11.184681 mph	16.404199 ft/s	0.005 km/s	18 km/h	500 cm/s
6 m/s	11.663067 kn	Mach 0.017493	0.017493 sound	0.000000020014 c	13.421618 mph	19.685039 ft/s	0.006 km/s	21.6 km/h	600 cm/s
7 m/s	13.606911 kn	Mach 0.020408	0.020408 sound	0.000000023349 c	15.658554 mph	22.965879 ft/s	0.007 km/s	25.2 km/h	700 cm/s
8 m/s	15.550756 kn	Mach 0.023324	0.023324 sound	0.000000026685 c	17.89549 mph	26.246719 ft/s	0.008 km/s	28.8 km/h	800 cm/s
9 m/s	17.4946 kn	Mach 0.026239	0.026239 sound	0.000000030021 c	20.132427 mph	29.527559 ft/s	0.009 km/s	32.4 km/h	900 cm/s
10 m/s	19.438445 kn	Mach 0.029155	0.029155 sound	0.000000033356 c	22.369363 mph	32.808399 ft/s	0.01 km/s	36 km/h	1,000 cm/s
11 m/s	21.382289 kn	Mach 0.03207	0.03207 sound	0.000000036692 c	24.606299 mph	36.089239 ft/s	0.011 km/s	39.6 km/h	1,100 cm/s
12 m/s	23.326134 kn	Mach 0.034985	0.034985 sound	0.000000040028 c	26.843236 mph	39.370079 ft/s	0.012 km/s	43.2 km/h	1,200 cm/s
13 m/s	25.269978 kn	Mach 0.037901	0.037901 sound	0.000000043363 c	29.080172 mph	42.650919 ft/s	0.013 km/s	46.8 km/h	1,300 cm/s
14 m/s	27.213823 kn	Mach 0.040816	0.040816 sound	0.000000046699 c	31.317108 mph	45.931759 ft/s	0.014 km/s	50.4 km/h	1,400 cm/s
15 m/s	29.157667 kn	Mach 0.043732	0.043732 sound	0.000000050035 c	33.554044 mph	49.212598 ft/s	0.015 km/s	54 km/h	1,500 cm/s
16 m/s	31.101512 kn	Mach 0.046647	0.046647 sound	0.00000005337 c	35.790981 mph	52.493438 ft/s	0.016 km/s	57.6 km/h	1,600 cm/s
17 m/s	33.045356 kn	Mach 0.049563	0.049563 sound	0.000000056706 c	38.027917 mph	55.774278 ft/s	0.017 km/s	61.2 km/h	1,700 cm/s
18 m/s	34.989201 kn	Mach 0.052478	0.052478 sound	0.000000060042 c	40.264853 mph	59.055118 ft/s	0.018 km/s	64.8 km/h	1,800 cm/s
19 m/s	36.933045 kn	Mach 0.055394	0.055394 sound	0.000000063377 c	42.50179 mph	62.335958 ft/s	0.019 km/s	68.4 km/h	1,900 cm/s
20 m/s	38.87689 kn	Mach 0.058309	0.058309 sound	0.000000066713 c	44.738726 mph	65.616798 ft/s	0.02 km/s	72 km/h	2,000 cm/s

References

National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST Guide to the SI, Chapter 6: Rules and Style Conventions for Printing and Using Units, https://www.nist.gov/pml/special-publication-811/nist-guide-si-chapter-6-rules-and-style-conventions-printing-and-using

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What is metre formula?

Meter = l × b × h = cubic meters. Centimetre = l × b × h ÷ 10,00,000 = cubic meters. Millimetre = l × b × h ÷ 1,00,00,00,000 = cubic meters. Inches = l × b × h ÷ 61,023.8 = cubic meters.

How do you find velocity in meters per second?

Provided an object traveled 500 meters in 3 minutes , to calculate the average velocity you should take the following steps:.

Change minutes into seconds (so that the final result would be in meters per second). 3 minutes = 3 * 60 = 180 seconds ,.

Divide the distance by time: velocity = 500 / 180 = 2.77 m/s ..

Which is the unit of metre per second?

unit of speed is the meter per second (m/s). The speed of light in vacuum is 299 792 458 meters per second. unit of acceleration is the meter per second per second (m/s²). unit of area is the square meter (m²).