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metre per second

SI unit of speed and velocity
Intangible unit_of_speed Q182429
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Summary

metre per second is an unit of speed[1]. It draws 1,250 Wikipedia views per month (unit of speed category, ranking #4 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: coherent SI unit[3]
  • Measured physical quantity: speed[4], velocity[5], specific impulse by mass[6]
  • Unicode character: ㎧[7]
  • Has part(s): metre[8], second[9]
  • Described by source: ISO 80000-3:2006 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time[10]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C42571[11]
  • Conversion to SI unit: 1 metre per second[12]
  • Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent: wd:Q182429 p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?source; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. ?item p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?target; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. BIND(?source / ?target as ?value)[13]
  • Unit symbol: m/s[14], м/с[15], מ'/ש'[16]
  • Derived from base unit: metre[17], second[18]

Why It Matters

metre per second has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . SI Brochure (9th edition). wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . SI Brochure (9th edition). wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Logopedia. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19w ago · Qwfjgp · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Derived from base unit → metre, second
    Measured physical quantity → speed, velocity, specific impulse by mass
    Has part(s) → metre, second
    Instance of → unit of speed, coherent SI unit
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Unit symbol: m/san"
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