mps
/ɛm piː ɛs/
noun
- Abbreviation for miles per second, a unit of speed.
- At 5 mps, the rocket would reach the moon in about 21 hours.
- The bullet's speed was measured in mps.
- The spacecraft traveled at several thousand mps.
- Abbreviation for meters per second, a unit of speed in the metric system.
- Sound travels at approximately 343 mps in air.
- The wind speed reached 20 mps during the storm.
- The car accelerated from 0 to 30 mps in just a few seconds.
- Abbreviation for members of Parliament (plural of MP).
- Several MPS spoke out against the proposed tax increase.
- The debate among MPS lasted late into the night.
- The MPS voted on the new law yesterday.