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Centimeters per Second to Meters per Second Converter

Convert centimeters per second (cm/s) to meters per second (m/s), with the formula, a conversion table and exact factors.

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Result
0.01 m/s
knots
0.0194384449244 kn
Mach (at 343 m/s)
2.91545189504 × 10⁻⁵ Mach
speed of light
3.33564095198 × 10⁻¹¹ c
miles per hour
0.0223693629205 mph
feet per second
0.0328083989501 ft/s
kilometers per second
1 × 10⁻⁵ km/s
kilometers per hour
0.036 km/h

1 cm/s = 0.01 m/s

Show the working
  1. 1 cm/s = 0.01 m/s
  2. 1 × 0.01 = 0.01 m/s

How to convert centimeters per second to meters per second

1 cm/s = 0.01 m/s, so multiply by 0.01 to go from centimeters per second to meters per second. Going the other way, 1 m/s = 100 cm/s.

m/s = cm/s × 0.01
cm/s = m/s × 100

Worked example:

1 cm/s = 0.01 m/s
5 × 0.01 = 0.05 m/s

Centimeters per Second to meters per second table

Centimeters per SecondMeters per Second
1 cm/s0.01 m/s
2 cm/s0.02 m/s
3 cm/s0.03 m/s
4 cm/s0.04 m/s
5 cm/s0.05 m/s
6 cm/s0.06 m/s
7 cm/s0.07 m/s
8 cm/s0.08 m/s
9 cm/s0.09 m/s
10 cm/s0.1 m/s
15 cm/s0.15 m/s
20 cm/s0.2 m/s
25 cm/s0.25 m/s
30 cm/s0.3 m/s
40 cm/s0.4 m/s
50 cm/s0.5 m/s
75 cm/s0.75 m/s
100 cm/s1 m/s
250 cm/s2.5 m/s
500 cm/s5 m/s
1000 cm/s10 m/s

About the units

Centimeters per Second (cm/s)
Centimeters per second, a metric unit. Definition: BIPM SI Brochure, 9th edition (SI units, prefixes and units accepted for use with the SI).
Meters per Second (m/s)
Meters per second, a metric unit. Definition: BIPM SI Brochure, 9th edition (SI units, prefixes and units accepted for use with the SI).

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