Mile per hour conversions

Convert miles per hour to

mile per hour (unit of speed), pl. miles per hour, abbr. mph

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About mile per hour

The mile per hour (or mile/hour) is a unit of speed in the Imperial and US customary systems of units equal to 0.44704 meters per second (1 mph = 0.44704 m/s), the derived unit of speed in the International System of Units (SI).

The mile per hour (mph) is also equal to approximately 1.609344 kilometers per hour (km/h), or 17.6 inches per second (in/s), or 1.466667 feet per second (ft/s) or 0.868976 knots (kn).

The speed is the distance traveled by an object during a period of time. Thus, miles per hour (or miles/hour) show how many miles are traveled in one hour. The mile is a unit of length in the Imperial / US customary system of units while the hour is a unit of time.

Mile per hour is commonly used in the United States and the United Kingdom in sports, road signs, and cars and aircrafts speedometers.

Symbol: mph

Plural: miles per hour

Mile per hour conversions: a detailed list with conversions from miles per hour to other (metric, imperial, or customary) speed and velocity measurement units is given below.

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