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/maɪlz pər ˈaʊər/ Listen

Miles per hour

noun

The ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours). Synonym: mph.

A speedometer reading for the momentary rate of travel. Synonym: mph.

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"Miles per hour" Quotes from Famous Books

... to fulfil the terms of the 1860 contract, the mail-trains had to cover the 264 miles between London and Holyhead at an average rate of 42 miles per hour; an unprecedented speed in those days. People then thought themselves most heroic in entrusting their lives to a train that travelled with such terrific velocity as the "Wild Irishman." It was to meet this acceleration that Mr. ...

— The Days Before Yesterday • Lord Frederick Hamilton

... of travel over the gravel was a small fraction more than two miles per hour. This I carefully reckoned by timing, taking into account every halt of ever so small a duration in our march in a due ...

— Spinifex and Sand - Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Australia • David W Carnegie

Words linked to "Miles per hour" : rate, indication, meter reading, reading, mph