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Navigation & geography

knotkn

One international nautical mile per hour.

Dimension
speed
Canonical signature
L*T^-1
System
nautical
Exactness
Exact by definition

Definition record

How this unit is defined

Canonical base
1 kn = 0.5144444444444444 m/s
Conversion type
linear
Aliases
knots, kt, kts, nautical miles per hour

Same dimension

Related units

metre per secondsim/skilometre per hoursi acceptedkm/hmile per hourimperial usmphquettametre per secondsiQm/sronnametre per secondsiRm/syottametre per secondsiYm/szettametre per secondsiZm/sexametre per secondsiEm/s

Common conversions

Every conversion routes through the canonical base of the dimension.

1 kn = 0.5144444444444444 m/s

Exact by definition relationship

10 kn = 5.144444444444444 m/s

Exact by definition relationship