Convert Centimetres per Second to Miles per Minute
Convert Centimetres per Second (cm/s) to Miles per Minute (mi/min) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
mi/min = cm/s × 0.0003728227153
About Centimetres per Second
A centimetre per second (cm/s) is 10⁻² m/s - the speed of slow animals, gentle breezes, and lab syringe pumps. Tortoises travel 0.5-1.5 cm/s; the fastest garden snail record is ~1.3 cm/s. A gentle breeze that barely moves leaves is Beaufort 1 ≈ 50-100 cm/s. Drug-delivery syringe pumps run 0.01-10 cm/s. Coarse silt settles in still water at ~0.2 cm/s (Stokes' law). Capacitive touch sensors detect finger motion at 1-10 cm/s. 1 cm/s = 0.01 m/s.
About Miles per Minute
A mile per minute (mi/min) = exactly 26.8224 m/s = 60 mph. The X-15 rocket plane flew at ~4.5 mi/min (Mach 6.7); the SR-71 Blackbird at ~2.1 mi/min (Mach 3.2). Speed of sound at sea level ≈ 0.77 mi/min. 'Mile-a-minute' (60 mph = 1 mi/min) was a historic railway milestone first achieved on the Great Western Railway in the 1840s. 1 mi/min = 96.5604 km/h.
Quick Reference Table
| Centimetres per Second (cm/s) | Miles per Minute (mi/min) |
|---|---|
| 1 cm/s | 0.000372823 mi/min |
| 2 cm/s | 0.000745645 mi/min |
| 5 cm/s | 0.00186411 mi/min |
| 10 cm/s | 0.00372823 mi/min |
| 25 cm/s | 0.00932057 mi/min |
| 50 cm/s | 0.0186411 mi/min |
| 100 cm/s | 0.0372823 mi/min |