Foot per second

foot per second
Unit systemImperial, United States customary units
Unit ofspeed
Symbolft/s, fps
Conversions
1 ft/s, fps in ...... is equal to ...
   m/s   0.3048
   mph   0.6818
   kn   0.5925
   km/h   1.0973

The foot per second (plural feet per second) is a unit of both speed (scalar) and velocity (vector quantity, which includes direction).[1] It expresses the distance in feet (ft) traveled or displaced, divided by the time in seconds (s).[2] The corresponding unit in the International System of Units (SI) is the meter per second.

Abbreviations include ft/s, fps, and the scientific notation ft s−1.[1]

  1. ^ a b "What is foot per second (ft/s or ft/sec)? - Definition from WhatIs.com". WhatIs.com.
  2. ^ "What is a speed unit foot per second (ft/sec)?". Aqua-Calc. Retrieved 2018-06-02.