Speed
Linear speed for travel, wind and physics.
Try a decimal, 1e-9, 1/3, or 5 1/2.
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Convert centimetre per second (cm/s) to speed of light in vacuum (c). Enter a value for an instant result, or use the examples and reverse conversion below.
Linear speed for travel, wind and physics.
Try a decimal, 1e-9, 1/3, or 5 1/2.
Enter a centimetre per second value to calculate speed of light in vacuum with full internal precision before display rounding.
Auto trims unnecessary zeroes and uses scientific notation for extreme magnitudes. Use Digits to set the display precision; calculations retain full precision.
| Unit | Symbol | Converted value |
|---|---|---|
| metre per secondfrom cm/s | m/s | 0.01 |
| centimetre per secondfrom cm/s | cm/s | 1 |
| foot per secondfrom cm/s | ft/s | 0.0328084 |
| kilometre per hourfrom cm/s | km/h | 0.036 |
| mile per hourfrom cm/s | mph | 0.0223694 |
| knotfrom cm/s | kn | 0.0194384 |
| kilometre per secondfrom cm/s | km/s | 0.00001 |
| speed of light in vacuumfrom cm/s | c | 3.33564e-11 |
SI symbols follow international notation. U.S. and Imperial measures are labelled separately where their values differ.
Centimetre Per Second (cm/s) and speed of light in vacuum (c) are units of speed. Use this page to convert in either direction.
| Centimetre Per Second (cm/s) | Speed Of Light In Vacuum (c) |
|---|---|
| 1 cm/s | 3.33564e-11 c |
| 5 cm/s | 1.66782e-10 c |
| 10 cm/s | 3.33564e-10 c |
| 100 cm/s | 0.00000000333564 c |
Examples are rounded to 6 significant digits. The interactive converter retains full calculation precision; change Display Precision to see more digits.
c to cm/s (speed of light in vacuum to centimetre per second)