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KILOMETRES PER HOUR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours)
Synonyms:
kilometers per hour; kilometres per hour; km/h; kph
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("kilometres per hour" is a kind of...):
rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)
Domain region:
Britain (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)