km/h

km/h

2. (metrology) Kilometres/Kilometers per hour.

   Alternative forms: km/hr (English), kmh, kph (English), KPH (English), kmph (English)

   Coordinate terms: mph (English), MPH (English), M.P.H. (English), mi/hr (English)

   • 2013, Robert Dick, Auto Racing Comes of Age (in English), →ISBN, page 215:

     On 5 October 1919, Antonio Ascari drove his 4.5-liter S57 to victory in the 50.9-km hillclimb between Parma and Poggio di Berceto in 38 min 11 sec, averaging 83.2 km/h.

   • 2019, James Proctor, Faroe Islands, 5th edition (in English), Bradt Travel Guides, page 7:

     The fin whale is a fast swimmer (around 30km/h) and generally lives in small groups numbering around five.

   • 2019 May 24, Serenitie Wang and Karla Cripps, “China unveils 600km/h maglev train prototype”, in CNN‎^[1] (in English):

     While the cruising speed of an aircraft is 800-900 km/h, at present trains on the Beijing-Shanghai line have a maximum operating speed of 350 km/h.

   • 2019 October, William Barter, “West Coast capacity study”, in Modern Railways (in English), page 66:

     It's easy enough to calculate that even at higher speeds - 360 km/h to pluck a figure out of the air - the signalling headway can be as low as 120 seconds given the benefit that follows from cab signalling such as European Train Control System (ECTS) Level 2.

   • 2022 September 10, Matt McFarland, “Por qué el velocímetro de tu automóvil sube a más de 200 km/h (incluso cuando el auto no puede)”, in CNN en Español‎^[2] (in Spanish):

     Mostraba un velocímetro de estilo clásico que superaba los 200 km/h (160 mph para ser exactos), una norma de la industria automotriz.
     Eso es casi el doble del límite de velocidad más alto permitido en Estados Unidos, 136 km/h (85 mph), en un tramo de carretera en Texas. ¿Por qué nuestros velocímetros se estiran a una velocidad que es ilegal y que solo alcanzarán los pilotos de carreras?

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