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  1. average speed

    In everyday use and in kinematics, the speed (commonly referred to as v) of an object is the magnitude of the change of its position over time or the magnitude of the change of its position per unit of time; it is thus a scalar quantity. The average speed of an object in an interval of time is the distance travelled by the object divided by the duration of the interval; the instantaneous speed is the limit of the average speed as the duration of the time interval approaches zero. Speed is not the same as velocity. Speed has the dimensions of distance divided by time. The SI unit of speed is the metre per second (m/s), but the most common unit of speed in everyday usage is the kilometre per hour (km/h) or, in the US and the UK, miles per hour (mph). For air and marine travel, the knot is commonly used. The fastest possible speed at which energy or information can travel, according to special relativity, is the speed of light in vacuum c = 299792458 metres per second (approximately 1079000000 km/h or 671000000 mph). Matter cannot quite reach the speed of light, as this would require an infinite amount of energy. In relativity physics, the concept of rapidity replaces the classical idea of speed.

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  1. average speed

    The average distance traveled per hour, calculated over the whole journey, excluding specifically ordered halts.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of average speed in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of average speed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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  1. Ronan Lucas:

    Falling asleep it's really hard, a boat like that could capsize in a few seconds, as we all know. The average speed is something like 30 knots or whatever.

  2. Federica Pellegrini:

    The 200 at the Olympics will definitely be the fastest ever swum already at the (2019) worlds, the average speed was the fastest ever, so it’s going to be tough just to qualify.

  3. Hannah Wesolowski:

    It’s really eye-opening to see the increase in the texts, chats and calls that are coming in. But to see that more states have a more than 90% answer rate for contacts coming from their state – and that average speed of answering is down, so people are getting help more quickly.


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