Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kilometers per second

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables: kilo-me-ter-s per sec-ond
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

the ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in seconds).

Example Sentences

"Light travels in vacuum at the speed of almost 300,000 kilometers per second."

Synonyms

km/s kilometres per second

Questions

What does kilometers per second mean?: the ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in seconds).

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