Speed Converters
Speed is the rate at which an object covers distance over time — how far something travels per unit of time. The SI base unit is the meter per second (m/s), used in physics and engineering. Everyday life relies on kilometers per hour (km/h) across most of the world and miles per hour (mph) in the United States and United Kingdom. Aviation and maritime navigation use the knot (nautical miles per hour), inherited from celestial navigation traditions. At the extreme end, the speed of light (c ≈ 299,792,458 m/s) is the universal speed limit in physics and the benchmark against which particle and spacecraft velocities are measured. Speed and velocity are related but distinct: velocity includes direction, speed does not.