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kph

American  
Or k.p.h.

abbreviation

  1. kilometers per hour.


kph British  

abbreviation

  1. kilometres per hour

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Part of their appeal is that Simson bikes first registered before 1992 are allowed to travel at 60 kilometres per hour, rather than the standard 45 kph for other scooters.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

"You always lose probably a couple of kph at the top end when you've gone through that back surgery, but he is certainly fast enough to cause problems."

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2025

National Hurricane Center expected the storm to undergo “gradual strengthening,” with most computer models predicting maximum wind speeds of about 100 kph.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 26, 2023

It was a severe typhoon, Chinese authorities said, as it made landfall in Zhuhai city with winds slowing to around 160 kph.

From Reuters ● Sep. 2, 2023

So Houston got understandably nervous when we got whacked with 175 kph winds.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

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