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speed of sound (68 °F) | 4.6919650 s | 9.3839300 s | 14.0758950 s | 18.7678601 s | 23.4598251 s | 28.1517901 s | 32.8437551 s | 37.5357201 s | 42.2276851 s | 46.9196501 s | 51.6116152 s | 56.3035802 s | 60.9955452 s | 65.6875102 s | 70.3794752 s | 75.0714402 s | 79.7634052 s | 84.4553703 s | 89.1473353 s | 93.8393003 s | 98.5312653 s | 103.2232303 s | 107.9151953 s | 112.6071603 s | 117.2991254 s | 121.9910904 s | 126.6830554 s | 131.3750204 s | 136.0669854 s | 140.7589504 s | 145.4509155 s | 150.1428805 s | 154.8348455 s | 159.5268105 s | 164.2187755 s | 168.9107405 s | 173.6027055 s | 178.2946706 s | 182.9866356 s | 187.6786006 s | 192.3705656 s | 197.0625306 s | 201.7544956 s | 206.4464606 s | 211.1384257 s | 215.8303907 s | 220.5223557 s | 225.2143207 s | 229.9062857 s | 234.5982507 s | 239.2902157 s | 243.9821808 s | 248.6741458 s | 253.3661108 s | 258.0580758 s | 262.7500408 s | 267.4420058 s | 272.1339708 s | 276.8259359 s | 281.5179009 s | 286.2098659 s | 290.9018309 s | 295.5937959 s | 300.2857609 s | 304.9777259 s | 309.6696910 s | 314.3616560 s | 319.0536210 s | 323.7455860 s | 328.4375510 s | 333.1295160 s | 337.8214810 s | 342.5134461 s | 347.2054111 s | 351.8973761 s | 356.5893411 s | 361.2813061 s | 365.9732711 s | 370.6652362 s | 375.3572012 s | 380.0491662 s | 384.7411312 s | 389.4330962 s | 394.1250612 s | 398.8170262 s | 403.5089913 s | 408.2009563 s | 412.8929213 s | 417.5848863 s | 422.2768513 s | 426.9688163 s | 431.6607813 s | 436.3527464 s | 441.0447114 s | 445.7366764 s | 450.4286414 s | 455.1206064 s | 459.8125714 s | 464.5045364 s | 469.1965015 s |
Miles per second (abbreviated mph, MPS or mi/s) is an imperial and United States customary unit of speed expressing the number of statute miles covered in one second.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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mile per second | mps | ≡ 1 mi/s | = 1609.344 m/s | Imperial/US |
miles per second | speed of sounds (68 °F) | miles per second | speed of sounds (68 °F) |
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1 | ≈ 4.6919650145773 | 6 | ≈ 28.151790087464 |
2 | ≈ 9.3839300291545 | 7 | ≈ 32.843755102041 |
3 | ≈ 14.075895043732 | 8 | ≈ 37.535720116618 |
4 | ≈ 18.767860058309 | 9 | ≈ 42.227685131195 |
5 | ≈ 23.459825072886 | 10 | ≈ 46.919650145773 |
The speed of sound is the distance travelled per unit time by a sound wave as it propagates through an elastic medium. In dry air at 0 °C (32 °F), the speed of sound is 331.2 metres per second (1,087 ft/s; 1,192 km/h; 741 mph; 644 kn). At 20 °C (68 °F), the speed of sound is 343 metres per second (1,125 ft/s; 1,235 km/h; 767 mph; 667 kn), or a kilometre in 2.91 s or a mile in 4.69 s.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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speed of sound (68 °F) | s | 225 to 1062 km/h (761–660 mph or 661–574 kn) | ≈ 343 m/s | Other Speed |
speed of sounds (68 °F) | miles per second | speed of sounds (68 °F) | miles per second |
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1 | ≈ 0.21313031893741 | 6 | ≈ 1.2787819136244 |
2 | ≈ 0.42626063787481 | 7 | ≈ 1.4919122325618 |
3 | ≈ 0.63939095681222 | 8 | ≈ 1.7050425514992 |
4 | ≈ 0.85252127574962 | 9 | ≈ 1.9181728704366 |
5 | ≈ 1.065651594687 | 10 | ≈ 2.1313031893741 |
miles per second | speed of sounds (68 °F) |
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1 | ≈ 4.6919650 |
0.2131303 | ≈ 1 |
Symbol | Definition |
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≡ | exactly equal |
≈ | approximately equal to |
= | equal to |
digits | indicates that digits repeat infinitely (e.g. 8.294 369 corresponds to 8.294 369 369 369 369 …) |