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Acceleration converter
How fast a speed is changing. 6 units, converted from one table of exact factors.
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1 meter/second² in every other acceleration unit
Computed by the same engine that runs the converter above, so these can never drift apart from it.
| From | Equals | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| 1 meter/second² | 3.280839895 | foot/second² (ft/s²) |
| 1 meter/second² | 0.1019716213 | standard gravity (g) |
| 1 meter/second² | 100 | gal (Gal) |
| 1 meter/second² | 12,960 | kilometer/hour² (km/h²) |
| 1 meter/second² | 8,052.970651 | mile/hour² (mi/h²) |
What each unit actually is
Most converters give you a number and stop. Where a figure is exact by definition we say so, and where it is an average or shifts with conditions we say that too — that is usually the thing you needed to know.
| Unit | Symbol | What it actually is |
|---|---|---|
| meter/second² | m/s² | SI. |
| foot/second² | ft/s² | Exact. |
| standard gravity | g | Exact by definition — a convention, not a measurement of any particular place. Actual gravity varies with latitude and altitude. |
| gal | Gal | The CGS unit, used in geophysics. |
| kilometer/hour² | km/h² | |
| mile/hour² | mi/h² |
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