- foot per second
- (ft/s or ft/sec or fps)a traditional unit of velocity. One foot per second equals exactly 15/22 mile per hour or exactly 1.097 28 kilometers per hour.
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Foot per second — The foot per second (plural feet per second) is a unit of both speed (scalar) and velocity (vector quantity, which includes direction). It expresses the distance in feet (ft) traveled or displaced, divided by the time in seconds (s, or sec ). The … Wikipedia
Cubic foot per second — A cubic foot per second (also cfs, cu ft/s, cusec and ft³/s) is an Imperial unit / U.S. customary unit volumetric flow rate, which is equivalent to a volume of 1 cubic foot flowing every second. Current official usage is largely confined to the… … Wikipedia
Inch per second — The inch per second is a unit of speed or velocity. It expresses the distance in inches ( in ) traveled or displaced, divided by time in seconds ( s , or sec ). The equivalent SI unit is the metre per second.Abbreviations include in/s, in/sec and … Wikipedia
Metre per second — M/s redirects here. For the BDSM arrangement, see Master/slave (BDSM). For the maritime prefix designation, see Motor ship. mps redirects here. For the three letter acronym, see MPS (disambiguation). Metre per second (U.S. spelling: meter per… … Wikipedia
foot-sec|ond — «FUT SEHK uhnd», noun. 1. Physics. a unit of velocity equal to one linear foot per second, used in stating the velocity of a projectile. 2. a unit for measuring the flow of liquids, equal to a flow of one cubic foot per second. Abbr: f.s … Useful english dictionary
foot-poundal — foot′ pound′al n. phs a unit of energy equal to the energy expended by a one pound weight accelerating at one foot per second as it moves a distance of one foot Abbr.: ft pdl • Etymology: 1885–90 … From formal English to slang
Foot-poundal — The Foot poundal is a non SI unit of energy or work. The foot poundal is the amount of energy expended when a force of one poundal acts through a distance of 1 foot along the direction of the force and is defined as 1 ft•pdl. The foot poundal can … Wikipedia
second-foot — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun : a unit of flow used especially in connection with the flow of streams that is equal to one cubic foot per second * * * /sek euhnd foot /, n. a unit of measurement of liquid flow, esp. of rivers, equal to one cubic foot per… … Useful english dictionary
second-day-foot — (sdf) a unit of volume for water sometimes used in U.S. hydrology. A second day foot is the volume of water accumulated in one day by a flow of one cubic foot per second; this is equal to exactly 86 400 cubic feet or about 2446.58 cubic meters … Dictionary of units of measurement
second-foot — /sek euhnd foot /, n. a unit of measurement of liquid flow, esp. of rivers, equal to one cubic foot per second. * * * … Universalium
