Miles per hour (original) (raw)

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)

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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)