Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kilometres per second

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables: kilo-me-tres per sec-ond
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

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

kilometers per second km/s

Questions

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

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