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kilometre per hour

unit of speed
Intangible unit_of_speed Q180154
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Summary

kilometre per hour is an unit of speed[1]. It draws 2,567 Wikipedia views per month (unit of speed category, ranking #2 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: SI-accepted non-SI unit[3]
  • Measured physical quantity: speed[4], velocity[5]
  • Commons category: Kilometres per hour[6]
  • Described by source: ISO 80000-3:2006 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time[7]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C71203[8]
  • Conversion to SI unit: 0.2777777777777777778 metre per second[9]
  • Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent: wd:Q180154 p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?source; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. ?item p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?target; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. BIND(?source / ?target as ?value)[10]
  • Unit symbol: km/h[11], קמ"ש[12], км/ч[13], км/сәг[14], km/t[15], كم/س[16], km/st[17], км/соат[18], км/г[19], կմ/ժ[20]
  • Derived from base unit: kilometre[21], hour[22]

Why It Matters

kilometre per hour has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 115 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . Logopedia. wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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