Mph

Definition: Mph

Mph

Noun

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.

Date "mph" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1876. (references)

Synonym: Mph

Synonym: miles per hour (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Mph

English words defined with "mph": ball. (references)

Specialty definitions using "mph": hurricanes, hypersonic ♦ momentum grade ♦ NCB boring tower ♦ Severe Thunderstorm, speed of sound, Speed Shear, subsonic speed ♦ Ton MPH, tropical storm ♦ wagon retarder, Wind Turbine Rated Capacity. (references)

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Modern Usage: Mph

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Once you've been driven off a bridge at 80 mph, somehow, you don't invite happiness in without a full body search. (Vanilla Sky; writing credit: Alejandro Amenábar; Mateo Gil)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Mph

Domain	Title
References	MPH Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	100 Mph With My Hair on Fire (reference) MPH LTD: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (Financial Performance Series) (reference) MPH LTD: Labor Productivity Benchmarks and International Gap Analysis (Labor Productivity Series) (reference) Supersports: The 220 Mph Lemans Cars/113398 (reference) The Un-TV and the 10 Mph Car: Experiments in Personal Freedom and Everyday Life (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Mph

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Photo Album: Mph

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Robert J. Anderson, MD, MPH., Chief, CDC, 1956 - 1960. Credit: CDC.		NOAA Fisheries Research Vessel CRIPPLE CREEK, formerly a Bureau of Mines vessel. This picture was taken January 17, 1972 after 100 mph winds with freezing spray lashed Kodiak, Alaska. Over 2 feet of ice built up on the vessel's port side during this storm. This vessel was excessed in 1973. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.
	Boeing's Joint Strike Fighter X-32A broke the sound barrier (about 660 mph at 30,000 feet altitude), Dec. 21. The X-32A is more than half-way through the five-month flight-test program at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (P.; photo by Steve Zapka) ..		Ferocious winds gusting up to 59 mph tore through Kelly Air Force Base, Texas, Nov. 5, causing severe damage to base property. Building 1564/1565, a combined warehouse, received the most noticeable damage, when the wind gusts shattered windows and toppled.
	The fixed-wing aeroplane can make accurate insecticide drops at 60 mph over open stretches of river. / WHO photo. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Mph

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		However, MPH is the most studied and the most often used of the stimulants. (references)
Business		In addition, self-propelled and trailer machines must be in conformity with the French Highway Code. In particular, the vehicle cannot be more than 18 meters long, three meters wide, and cannot exceed the speed of 40km/hour (25 mph). Other specifications relate to such items as the brakes and lights. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Mph

"Mph" is generally used as a noun (common) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Mph" is used about 408 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (common)	100%	408	13,799

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Mph

Country	Name
Singapore	MPH Limited
	(more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: Mph

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "mph": mph-plus.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Mph

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
mph	140	1,700 can it move mph water when	10
knots mph	42	mph program	9
book mph store	38	h km mph	8
kph mph	24	industry mph	8
conversion knots mph	22	degree mph	8
0 60 mph	19	conversion kmh mph	7
mph online	18	book malaysia mph store	7
conversion kph mph	17	conversion km mph	7
7 mph	17	mph sound speed	7
kmh mph	16	converter kph mph	6
convert knots mph	15	conversion knot mph	6
mph singapore	13	20 electric mph scooter	6
malaysia mph	12	knot mph	6
calculator mph	12	120 mph	5
mph radar	10	kilometer mph	5
km mph	10	convert h km mph	5
knots mph vs	10	0 60 mph times	5
convert kph mph	10	converter mph	5
convert kmh mph	10	conversion h km mph	4
conversion mph	10	book mph singapore store	4
		mph ohio radar	4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Mph

Language		Translations for "mph"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		�"�/时. (various references)

Greek		μίλια ανά ώρα. (various references)

Pig Latin		mphay

Russian		миль в час. (various references)

Swedish		miles per timme. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Mph

Derivations
	Words ending with "mph": bumph, endolymph, galumph, harrumph, harumph, hemolymph, humph, karyolymph, lymph, nymph, oomph, paranymph, perilymph, triumph. (additional references)
	Words containing "mph": amphetamine, amphetamines, amphibia, amphibian, amphibians, amphibious, amphibiously, amphibiousness, amphibiousnesses, amphibole, amphiboles, amphibolies, amphibolite, amphibolites, amphibologies, amphibology, amphiboly, amphibrach, amphibrachic, amphibrachs, amphictyonic, amphictyonies, amphictyony, amphidiploid, amphidiploidies, amphidiploids, amphidiploidy, amphimacer, amphimacers, amphimixes, amphimixis, amphioxi, amphioxus, amphioxuses, amphipathic, amphiphile, amphiphiles, amphiphilic, amphiploid, amphiploidies, amphiploids, amphiploidy, amphipod, amphipods, amphiprostyle, amphiprostyles, amphisbaena, amphisbaenae, amphisbaenas, amphisbaenic, amphitheater. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Mph

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "h-m-p"
	-1 letter: hm.
	Words containing the letters "h-m-p"
	+1 letter: hemp, hump.
	+2 letters: bumph, champ, chimp, chomp, chump, hemps, hempy, humph, humps, humpy, lymph, morph, nymph, oomph, thump, whomp, whump.
	+3 letters: bumphs, champs, champy, chimps, chomps, chumps, hamper, hempen, hempie, humped, humphs, imphee, impish, lymphs, mayhap, mishap, mopish, morpho, morphs, murphy, nympha, nympho, nymphs, oompah, oomphs, phenom, phlegm, phloem, phylum, shlump, shrimp, tempeh, thumps, whomps, whumps.
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