Convert Centimetres per Second to Millimetres per Second
Convert Centimetres per Second (cm/s) to Millimetres per Second (mm/s) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
mm/s = cm/s × 10
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 Millimetres per Second
A millimetre per second (mm/s) is 10⁻³ m/s - the speed of slow industrial mechanisms and recognisable biological motion. FDM 3D printers move at 40-120 mm/s for perimeters and 150-300 mm/s for infill. Garden snails travel 0.5-1.5 mm/s; earthworms 3-5 mm/s. CNC finishing operations run 1-several hundred mm/s. Hydraulic precision slides work at mm/s for surface preparation. Ultrasound particle velocities in soft tissue are also in this range. 1 mm/s = 10⁻³ m/s.
Quick Reference Table
| Centimetres per Second (cm/s) | Millimetres per Second (mm/s) |
|---|---|
| 1 cm/s | 10 mm/s |
| 2 cm/s | 20 mm/s |
| 5 cm/s | 50 mm/s |
| 10 cm/s | 100 mm/s |
| 25 cm/s | 250 mm/s |
| 50 cm/s | 500 mm/s |
| 100 cm/s | 1000 mm/s |