Metre per second

<p>The metre per second  is the unit of both <a href="/facts/Speed/I3qgMPfs">speed</a> (a <a href="/facts/Scalar_(physics)/05uvvP8N">scalar quantity</a>) and <a href="/facts/Velocity/Q3o1LVDe">velocity</a> (a <a href="/facts/Vector_(mathematics_and_physics)/U8mM7A5F">vector quantity</a>, which has direction and magnitude) in the <a href="/facts/International_System_of_Units/S7YLglNz">International System of Units</a> (SI), equal to the speed of a body covering a <a href="/facts/Distance/hbXlaEFk">distance</a> of one <a href="/facts/Metre/hPhzc1CV">metre</a> in a time of one <a href="/facts/Second/jtFxnJXx">second</a>. According to the definition of metre, 1 m/s is exactly 
  
    
      
        
          
            1
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    {\textstyle {\frac {1}{299792458}}}
  
 of the <a href="/facts/Speed_of_light/sKSQwdNx">speed of light</a>.
</p><p>The <a href="/facts/International_System_of_Units/S7YLglNz">SI unit</a> symbols are m/s, m·s−1, m s−1, or ⁠m/s⁠.
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Metre per second