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Kilometres Per Hour

Definition: Kilometres Per Hour

Kilometres Per Hour

Noun

1. The ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Kilometres Per Hour

Synonyms: kilometers per hour (n), km/h (n), kph (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Kilometres per hour

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

km/h is a unit of speed, read "kilometres per hour." A an object travelling at a speed of 1 km/h would move 1 kilometre in one hour if the speed remained constant for that hour.

This unit is sometimes written kph, although in general this is casual rather than rigorous usage.

Examples of speeds in km/h

5 km/hWalking speed
20 km/hEasy bicycling speed
50 km/hResidential speed limit
80-90 km/hSpeed limit on a major road
110-120 km/hHighway speed
300 km/hHigh-speed railroad
1000 km/hAirliner cruising speed
40,320 km/hEarth's escape velocity

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Modern Translations: Kilometres Per Hour

Language Translations for "kilometres per hour"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

Stundenkilometer. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ilometreskay erpay ourhay

   

Spanish

  

km/h (kilometer per hour, km-h, kmph), km.p.h. (kmph), kilómetro por hora (kmph). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Kilometres Per Hour

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-e-h-i-k-l-m-o-o-p-r-r-r-s-t-u"

-5 letters: respirometer.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Kilometres Per Hour


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4B 69 6C 6F 6D 65 74 72 65 73      50 65 72      48 6F 75 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001011 01101001 01101100 01101111 01101101 01100101 01110100 01110010 01100101 01110011 00100000 01010000 01100101 01110010 00100000 01001000 01101111 01110101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#75 &#105 &#108 &#111 &#109 &#101 &#116 &#114 &#101 &#115 &#32 &#80 &#101 &#114 &#32 &#72 &#111 &#117 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004B 0069 006C 006F 006D 0065 0074 0072 0065 0073      0050 0065 0072      0048 006F 0075 0072

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

457578817971868471852507184242818784

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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