Units of Linear
Velocity and Factor of their Inter-Conversion |
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Metric
Units |
British
Units |
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Metre
per second
(m/s) |
Kilometre
per hour
(km/hr) |
Nautical
mile (int) per hour
(n mile/hr) |
Nautical
mile (U.K.)
per hour |
Mile
per hour
(mph) |
Foot
per second
(ft/s) |
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1
Metre per second
(m/s) |
1 |
3.6 |
1.943
84 |
1.942
60 |
2.236
94 |
3.280
84 |
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1 Kilometre per hour
(km/hr) |
0.277
778 |
1 |
0.539
96 |
0.539
61 |
0.621
37 |
0.911
34 |
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1
Nautical mile (int) per hour
(n mile/hr) |
0.514
44 |
1.852 |
1 |
0.999
36 |
1.150
78 |
1.687
81 |
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1
Nautical mile (UK) per hour |
0.514
77 |
1.853
184 |
1.000
64 |
1 |
1.151
52 |
1.688
89 |
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1
Mile per hour
(mph) |
0.447
04 |
1.609
344 |
0.868
98 |
0.868
42 |
1 |
1.466
67 |
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1
Foot per second
(ft/s) |
0.304
8 |
1.097
28 |
0.592
48 |
0.592
11 |
0.681
82 |
1 |
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