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MILES PER HOUR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours)
Synonyms:
miles per hour; mph
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("miles per hour" is a kind of...):
rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A speedometer reading for the momentary rate of travel
Synonyms:
miles per hour; mph
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("miles per hour" is a kind of...):
indication; meter reading; reading (a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument)
Context examples:
Although this study focused on Phobos, similar conditions are expected at Deimos, since both moons have no atmosphere and are directly exposed to the solar wind – a stream of electrically conducting gas, called a plasma, that’s constantly blowing off the surface of the Sun into space at around a million miles per hour.
(Solar Eruptions Could Electrify Martian Moons, NASA)