A distance of one international mile or 1 760 international yards or exactly 1609.344 meters travelled in one hour or exactly 3 600 seconds. 1 Mile per hour = 1.60934 kilometers per hour = 0.44704 meters per second (SI base unit). 1 mph = 0.447 04 m/s. 1 Mach Number: The ratio of the speed of an object moving through a fluid to the speed of sound in the same fluid. Under standard conditions at sea level this is roughly 340.29 meters per second for travel through air.
The definition of laud is praise. An example of laud is a teacher letting a student know how great they did on an assignment. YourDictionary definition and usage example.
To applaud is to show approval, encouragement, or appreciation. The verb applaud goes back to the Latin verb applaudere, to clap, and it came into English use in the 15th century. Part of the word applaud is laud, which means praise, and laud is close in spelling to loud. When you applaud, you give loud praise by clapping you hands together.