Package javax.measure.quantity

Interface Speed

All Superinterfaces:

Quantity<Speed>

public interface Speed
extends Quantity<Speed>

Distance traveled divided by the time of travel. The metric system unit for this quantity is "m/s" (metre per second).

Speed is a scalar value, while velocity is a vector. Speed is the magnitude of the velocity vector, or the components of the velocity vector.

Since:

1.0

Version:

1.2

Author:

Jean-Marie Dautelle, Werner Keil

See Also:

• Length
• Time
• Acceleration
• Wikipedia: Speed

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface Quantity

Quantity.Scale

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface Quantity

add, asType, divide, divide, getScale, getUnit, getValue, inverse, isEquivalentTo, multiply, multiply, negate, subtract, to, toSystemUnit