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  2. List of vehicle speed records - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of speed records for various types of vehicles.This list only presents the single greatest speed achieved in each broad record category; for more information on records under variations of test conditions, see the specific article for each record category.

  3. Millisecond - Wikipedia

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    A millisecond (from milli-and second; symbol: ms) is a unit of time in the International System of Units equal to one thousandth (0.001 or 10 −3 or 1 / 1000) of a second [1] [2] or 1000 microseconds. A millisecond is to one second, as one second is to approximately 16.67 minutes.

  4. Orders of magnitude (speed) - Wikipedia

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    1: Speed of light or other electromagnetic radiation in a vacuum or massless particles. >299,792,458 >1,079,252,848.8 >670,616,629.4 >1 Expansion rate of the universe ...

  5. Metre per second - Wikipedia

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    The metre per second is the unit of both speed (a scalar quantity) and velocity (a vector quantity, which has direction and magnitude) in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the speed of a body covering a distance of one metre in a time of one second.

  6. Mississippi Highway 1 - Wikipedia

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    Mississippi Highway 1 (MS 1) is a state highway in Mississippi that runs south from U.S. Highway 49 near Lula to U.S. Highway 61 south of Cary, roughly paralleling the Mississippi River. It travels approximately 148 miles (238 km), serving Sharkey , Issaquena , Washington , Bolivar , and Coahoma Counties .

  7. Mercedes-Benz T80 - Wikipedia

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    The Mercedes-Benz T80 was a six-wheeled vehicle built by Mercedes-Benz, developed and designed by Ferdinand Porsche in the late 1930s. It was intended to break the world land speed record, but never made the attempt, due to the project having been overtaken by the outbreak of World War II.

  8. Motor ship - Wikipedia

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    The names of motor ships are often prefixed with MS, M/S, MV [1] or M/V. [ 2 ] Engines for motorships were developed during the 1890s, and by the early 20th century, motorships began to cross the waters.

  9. Newton (unit) - Wikipedia

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    A newton is defined as 1 kg⋅m/s 2 (it is a named derived unit defined in terms of the SI base units). [1]: 137 One newton is, therefore, the force needed to accelerate one kilogram of mass at the rate of one metre per second squared in the direction of the applied force.