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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mph mean? 

• MPH (noun)
  The noun MPH has 2 senses:

1. the ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours)

2. a speedometer reading for the momentary rate of travel

  Familiarity information: MPH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MPH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

miles per hour; mph

Hypernyms ("mph" is a kind of...):

rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A speedometer reading for the momentary rate of travel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

miles per hour; mph

Hypernyms ("mph" is a kind of...):

indication; meter reading; reading (a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument)

 Context examples 

Measurements of cloud motions indicate wind speeds of around 7 to 10 mph (3 to 4.5 meters per second).

(Cassini tracks clouds developing over a Titan sea, NASA)

The asteroid's velocity at the time of closest approach, 76,000 mph (34 kilometers per second), is higher than the majority of near-Earth objects during an Earth flyby.

(Asteroid 2002 AJ129 to Fly Safely Past Earth February 4, NASA)

They say the space station is traveling 17,400 mph and orbits Earth about every 90 minutes.

(Scientists Track Chinese Space Station as It Falls to Earth, VOA)

The NuSTAR spectral data reveal that titanium-44 is moving away from us with a velocity of 1.6 million mph (2.6 million kilometers per hour).

(Star Explosion is Lopsided, NASA)

It weighed about 10 lbs (5 kg) and the researchers estimate it had a top speed of about 18 mph (8 m/s).

(Scientific study suggests dinosaurs flapped their wings as they ran, Wikinews)

On Sept. 19, ‘Oumuamua sped past the Sun at about 196,000 mph (315,400 km/h), fast enough to escape the Sun’s gravitational pull and break free of the solar system, never to return.

(New Study Shows What Interstellar Visitor ‘Oumuamua Can Teach Us, NASA)

The comet's current velocity is high, about 93,000 mph (150,000 kph), which is well above the typical velocities of objects orbiting the Sun at that distance.

(Newly Discovered Comet Is Likely Interstellar Visitor, NASA)

Zapata flew across the water at over 100 mph (161 km/h).

(French inventor Franky Zapata successfully crosses English Channel on jet-powered hoverboard, Wikinews)

Its data indicate wind speeds of the new cyclone average 225 mph (362 kph) - comparable to the velocity found in its six more established polar colleagues.

(NASA's Juno Navigators Enable Jupiter Cyclone Discovery, NASA)

At the time, Juno was traveling at 130,000 mph (208,000 kilometers per hour) with respect to the planet.

(Juno Successfully Completes Jupiter Flyby, NASA)