cm/s2\text{cm/s}^{2}

centimeter per second squared

Accelerationexact by definition

The centimetre per second squared is exactly 0.01 m/s², the CGS unit of acceleration. It is the same size as the gal used in gravimetry, and it appears in older physics and fluid mechanics literature written before SI displaced CGS.

1 cm/s2\text{cm/s}^{2} 0.01 m/s2\text{m/s}^{2}

One centimeter per second squared in every acceleration unit

1,000,000microgal (μGal)
1,000milligal (mGal)
10millimeter per second squared (mm/s²)
1centimeter per second squared (cm/s²)this unit
1gal (Gal)
0.393701inch per second squared (in/s²)
0.036kilometer per hour per second (km/h/s)
0.0328084foot per second squared (ft/s²)
0.0223694mile per hour per second (mph/s)
0.01meter per second squared (m/s²)
0.00101972standard gravity (g)