The metre per second (American English: meter per second) is an SI derived unit of both speed (scalar) and velocity (vector quantity which specifies both magnitude and a specific direction), defined by distance in metres divided by time in seconds.
The SI unit symbols are m·s−1, m s−1, m/s, or m/s,[1] sometimes (unofficially) abbreviated as mps.
Conversions
1 m/s is equivalent to:
1 foot per second = 0.3048 m/s (exactly)[6]
1 mile per hour = 0.44704 m/s (exactly)[7]
1 km/h = 0.27 m/s (exactly)[8]
Relation to other measures
The benz, named in honour of Karl Benz, has been proposed as a name for one metre per second.[9] Although it has seen some support as a practical unit,[10] primarily from German sources,[9] it was rejected as the SI unit of velocity[11] and has not seen widespread use or acceptance.[12]
Unicode character
The "metre per second" symbol is encoded by Unicode at code point U+33A7 ㎧ SQUARE M OVER S ❰ ㎧ ❱.[13]
See also