What Do the Notations m.s-1, m s-1, and ms-1 Represent?

secondsolution · Feb 24, 2007

Anyone know what these represent?
m.s-1
m s-1
ms-1

d_leet · Feb 24, 2007

It's really hard, actually pretty near impossible, to answer this without knowing the context you're seeing these in.

Gib Z · Feb 24, 2007

Im guessing your seeing these in relation to physics, motion?

All of those 3 mean the same thing. Units for velocity, or speed.
m is metres, s is seconds.
Meters per second is m/s. since 1/s is equal to s-1, we write it like the ways you stated.

HallsofIvy · Feb 25, 2007

Do you mean m s^-1?

If so, that's the same as m/s or "meters per second" as Gib Z said.

What Do the Notations m.s-1, m s-1, and ms-1 Represent?

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