Editing Speed (section)

==Examples of different speeds==
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{{Main|Orders of magnitude (speed)}}
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! Speed !!m/s !!ft/s !!km/h !!mph !!Notes
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| Global average [[sea level rise]]  || {{val|0.00000000011}} || {{val|0.00000000036}} || {{val|0.0000000004}} || {{val|0.00000000025}} || 3.5&nbsp;mm/year<ref>{{cite web |last1=NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center |title=Satellite sea level observations |url=https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/sea-level/ |website=Global Climate Change |publisher=NASA |access-date=20 April 2022}}</ref>
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| Approximate rate of [[continental drift]] || {{val|0.0000000013}} || {{val|0.0000000042}} || {{val|0.0000000045}} || {{val|0.0000000028}} || 4&nbsp;cm/year. Varies depending on location.
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| Speed of a common [[snail]] || 0.001 || 0.003 || 0.004 || 0.002 || 1 millimetre per second
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| A brisk [[walk]] || 1.7 || 5.5 || 6.1 || 3.8 || 
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| A typical road cyclist || 4.4 || 14.4 || 16 || 10 || Varies widely by person, terrain, bicycle, effort, weather
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| A fast martial arts kick || 7.7 || 25.2 || 27.7 || 17.2 || Fastest kick recorded at 130 milliseconds from floor to target at 1 meter distance. Average velocity speed across kick duration<ref name="KickSpeed">{{Cite web |url=http://www.kickspeed.com.au/Improve-measure-kicking-speed.html |title=Improve Kicking Speed for Martial Arts &#124; Get Fast Kicks! |access-date=2013-08-14 |archive-date=2013-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111004109/http://www.kickspeed.com.au/Improve-measure-kicking-speed.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| [[Sprint runner]]s || 12.2 || 40 || 43.92 || 27 || [[Usain Bolt]]'s [[100 metres]] [[List of world records in athletics|world record]].
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| Approximate average speed of road race cyclists || 12.5 || 41.0 || 45 || 28 || On flat terrain, will vary
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| Typical suburban speed limit in most of the world || 13.8 || 45.3 || 50 || 30 ||
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| [[Taipei 101]] observatory elevator || 16.7 || 54.8 || 60.6 || 37.6 || 1010 m/min
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| Typical rural speed limit || 24.6 || 80.66 || 88.5 || 56||
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| British National Speed Limit (single carriageway) || 26.8 || 88 || 96.56 || 60 ||
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| [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale#Category 1|Category 1]] hurricane  || 33 || 108 || 119 || 74 || Minimum sustained speed over one minute
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| Average peak speed of a cheetah || 33.53 || 110 || 120.7|| 75 ||
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| Speed limit on a [[Autoroutes of France|French autoroute]] || 36.1 || 118 || 130 || 81 ||
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| Highest recorded human-powered speed || 37.02 || 121.5 || 133.2 || 82.8 ||  [[Sam Whittingham]] in a [[recumbent bicycle]]<ref name="sam">{{cite web |url=http://www.wisil.recumbents.com/wisil/whpsc2009/results.htm |title=The Recumbent Bicycle and Human Powered Vehicle Information Center |access-date=2013-10-12 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811101125/http://www.wisil.recumbents.com/wisil/whpsc2009/results.htm |archive-date=2013-08-11 }}</ref>
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| Average speed of Human sneeze || 44.44 || 145.82 || 160 || 99.42 ||
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| [[Muzzle velocity]] of a [[paintball marker]] || 90 || 295 || 320 || 200 || 
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| Cruising speed of a [[Boeing 747-8]] passenger jet || 255 || 836 || 917 || 570 || [[Mach number|Mach]] 0.85 at {{val|35000|u=ft}} ({{val|10668|u=m}}) altitude
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| Speed of a .22 caliber Long Rifle bullet || 326.14 || 1070 || 1174.09 || 729.55 ||
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| The official [[land speed record]] || 341.1 || 1119.1 || 1227.98 || 763 ||
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| The [[speed of sound]] in dry air at sea-level pressure and 20&nbsp;°C || 343 || {{val|1125}} || {{val|1235}} || 768 || [[Mach number|Mach]] 1 by definition. 20&nbsp;°C = 293.15&nbsp;[[kelvins]].
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| [[Muzzle velocity]] of a [[7.62×39mm]] cartridge || 710 || {{val|2330}} || {{val|2600}} || {{val|1600}} ||The '''7.62×39mm''' round is a rifle [[Cartridge (weaponry)|cartridge]] of [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] origin
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| Official [[flight airspeed record]] for jet engined aircraft || 980 || {{val|3215}} || {{val|3530}} || {{val|2194}} || [[Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird]] 
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| [[Space Shuttle]] on re-entry || {{val|7800}} || {{val|25600}} || {{val|28000}} || 17,500 ||
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| [[Escape velocity]] on Earth || {{val|11200}} || {{val|36700}} || {{val|40000}} || {{val|25000}} || 11.2&nbsp;km·s<sup>−1</sup>
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|''[[Voyager 1]]'' relative velocity to the Sun in 2013 || {{val|17000}} || {{val|55800}} || {{val|61200}} || {{val|38000}} || Fastest heliocentric [[Recessional velocity|recession speed]] of any humanmade object.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/F/fastest_spacecraft.html |title=Fastest Spacecraft |first=David |last=Darling |access-date=August 19, 2013}}</ref> (11&nbsp;mi/s)
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| Average orbital speed of planet [[Earth]] around the Sun || {{val|29783}} || {{val|97713}} || {{val|107218}} || {{val|66623}} ||
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| The fastest recorded speed of [[Helios (spacecraft)|the Helios probes]] || 70,220 || 230,381 || 252,792 || 157,078 || Recognized as the fastest speed achieved by a man-made spacecraft, achieved in [[Heliocentric orbit|solar orbit]].
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| Orbital speed of the Sun relative to the center of the galaxy || {{val|251000}} || {{val|823000}} || {{val|904000}} || {{val|561000}}
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| Speed of the Galaxy relative to the [[CMB]] || {{val|550000}} || {{val|1800000}} || {{val|2000000}} || {{val|1240000}}
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| [[Speed of light]] in [[vacuum]] (symbol ''c'') || {{val|299792458}} || {{val|983571056}} || {{val|1079252848}} || {{val|670616629}} || Exactly {{val|299792458|u=m/s}}, by definition of the [[metre]]
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! Speed !!m/s !!ft/s !!km/h !!mph !!Notes
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