Unit definitions

Meter per square second

Meter per square second is the unit of acceleration in the International System of Units (SI). It is a derived unit (base units: meter and second).

Decimeters per square second

$10^{1}$ of a meters per second squared is a decimeter per second squared.

How to convert Meter per square second to Decimeters per square second

$$\text{Acceleration}_{\text{dm/s²}} = \text{Acceleration}_{\text{ms⁻²}} \cdot {10}^{1}$$

Examples

Example 1

Convert $50.0\ \text{ms⁻²}$ to $\text{dm/s²}$.

$$\text{Acceleration}_{\text{dm/s²}} = 50.0 \cdot {10}^{1}$$

$$\text{Acceleration}_{\text{dm/s²}} = 500$$

$$\therefore \ 50.0\ \text{ms⁻²} = 500 \ \text{dm/s²}$$

Example 2

Convert $65.0\ \text{ms⁻²}$ to $\text{dm/s²}$.

$$\text{Acceleration}_{\text{dm/s²}} = 65.0 \cdot {10}^{1}$$

$$\text{Acceleration}_{\text{dm/s²}} = 650$$

$$\therefore \ 65.0\ \text{ms⁻²} = 650 \ \text{dm/s²}$$

Example 3

Convert $110.0\ \text{ms⁻²}$ to $\text{dm/s²}$.

$$\text{Acceleration}_{\text{dm/s²}} = 110.0 \cdot {10}^{1}$$

$$\text{Acceleration}_{\text{dm/s²}} = 1100$$

$$\therefore \ 110.0\ \text{ms⁻²} = 1100 \ \text{dm/s²}$$

Example 4

Convert $130.0\ \text{ms⁻²}$ to $\text{dm/s²}$.

$$\text{Acceleration}_{\text{dm/s²}} = 130.0 \cdot {10}^{1}$$

$$\text{Acceleration}_{\text{dm/s²}} = 1300$$

$$\therefore \ 130.0\ \text{ms⁻²} = 1300 \ \text{dm/s²}$$

Example 5

Convert $190.0\ \text{ms⁻²}$ to $\text{dm/s²}$.

$$\text{Acceleration}_{\text{dm/s²}} = 190.0 \cdot {10}^{1}$$

$$\text{Acceleration}_{\text{dm/s²}} = 1900$$

$$\therefore \ 190.0\ \text{ms⁻²} = 1900 \ \text{dm/s²}$$

Meter per square second to Decimeters per square second conversion table

Meter per square second to Decimeters per square second conversion table

Meter per square second [ms⁻²]	Decimeters per square second [dm/s²]
1	1E+1
2	2E+1
3	3E+1
4	4E+1
5	5E+1
6	6E+1
7	7E+1
8	8E+1
9	9E+1
10	1E+2

Convert Meter per square second to other Acceleration units

Convert Meter per square second to other Acceleration units

Meter per square second [ms⁻²]	Other unit
1	0.101972 Standard Gravity [gₙ]
1	0.101972 G-force [g]
1	0.001 Kilometers per square second [km/s²]
1	0.01 Hectometers per square second [hm/s²]
1	0.1 Decameters per square second [dam/s²]
1	1E+2 Centimeters per square second [cm/s²]
1	1E+3 Millimeters per square second [mm/s²]
1	1E+6 Micrometers per square second [µm/s²]
1	1E+9 Nanometers per square second [nm/s²]
1	1E+12 Picometers per square second [pm/s²]
1	39.370079 Inches per square second [in/s²]
1	3.28084 Feet per square second [ft/s²]