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MPH
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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 ("mph" 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 ("mph" 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:
We hit the Martian atmosphere at 12,300 mph (19,800 kilometers per hour), and the whole sequence to touching down on the surface took only six-and-a-half minutes, said InSight project manager Tom Hoffman at JPL.
(NASA InSight Lander Arrives on Martian Surface, NASA)
The spacecraft zipped through this region at speeds of about 77,000 mph (124,000 kph) relative to the planet, so small particles hitting a sensitive area could potentially have disabled the spacecraft.
(Cassini Spacecraft Dives Between Saturn and Its Rings, NASA)
A NASA planetary exploration mission came to a planned, but nonetheless dramatic, end Thursday when it slammed into Mercury’s surface at about 8,750 mph and created a new crater on the planet’s surface.
(NASA Completes MESSENGER Mission with Expected Impact on Mercury's Surface, NASA)
The tiny dust grains were speeding through the Saturn system at over 45,000 mph (72,000 kilometers per hour), fast enough to avoid being trapped inside the solar system by the gravity of the sun and its planets.
(Saturn Spacecraft Samples Interstellar Dust, NASA)
