metre per second

Also known as meter per second, m/s, meters per second, metres per second, m s^(-1), m s⁻¹

SI unit of speed and velocity

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A metre per second is the standard metric unit for measuring how fast something is moving, showing how many metres an object travels in one second. It matters because scientists, engineers, and countries around the world use it as a common way to compare and communicate speeds accurately.

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Unicode character: ㎧
conversion to SI unit: 1
unit symbol: m/s
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The metre per second (alternatively spelled meter per second) is the unit of both speed (a scalar quantity) and velocity (a vector quantity, which has direction and magnitude) in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the speed of a body covering a distance of one metre in a time of one second. As the base unit for speed in the SI, it is commonly used in physics, mechanics, and engineering contexts. It represents both scalar speed and vector velocity, depending on context. According to the definition of metre, 1 m/s is exactly ⁠1/299792458⁠ of the speed of light.

A velocity(In vector metres per second) versus time chart. It shows how the unit metre per second is often used in scientific and educational occasions. The SI unit symbols are m/s, m·s, m s, or ⁠m/s⁠.