Convert Millimetres per Second to Centimetres per Second
Convert Millimetres per Second (mm/s) to Centimetres per Second (cm/s) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
cm/s = mm/s × 0.1
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.
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.
Quick Reference Table
| Millimetres per Second (mm/s) | Centimetres per Second (cm/s) |
|---|---|
| 1 mm/s | 0.1 cm/s |
| 2 mm/s | 0.2 cm/s |
| 5 mm/s | 0.5 cm/s |
| 10 mm/s | 1 cm/s |
| 25 mm/s | 2.5 cm/s |
| 50 mm/s | 5 cm/s |
| 100 mm/s | 10 cm/s |