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Noun: kilometres per second
  1. A unit of speed equal to one thousand meters per second
    "Light travels in vacuum at the speed of almost 300,000 kilometres per second"; "Light travels in vacuum at the speed of almost 300,000 kilometres per second.";
    - kilometers per second, km/s

Type of: rate

Encyclopedia: Kilometres per second