On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:26:43 -0700, mrtravel wrote:
mrtravel wrote:
> rousseau wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:08:52 +0000, John Levine wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>On French radio this morning they said it would be mainly aimed at
>>>>taking passengers to the air terminals.
>>>
>>>That's not inconsistent, since there are TGV stations adjacent to the
>>>airports at CDG and Lyon Satolas. Rail/air interlining has been
popular
>>>in Germany for a long time, after all.
>>>
>>>
>>>>This has come about as the TGV (tres grand vitesse) high speed train
>>>>which travels at 300 mph
>>>
>>>It's 300 kph, not mph, in revenue service, actually, but that's still
>>>about as fast as a commuter prop plane.
>>
>>
>> And it's 300 km/h, not kph :-)
>>
>> R
>>
>
> Really?
> Are you positively sure your definition is the only one?
It's not 'my' definition, it's the international one.
> There are other sourcs, but try this one.
>
> kph
>
> abbr. kilometers per hour
>
>
> (Download Now or Buy the Book) The American Heritage® Dictionary of the
> English Language, Fourth Edition
> Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
> Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
A US dictionary is not the place to look for definitions of units or their
symbols. Try http://www.bipm.org/en/si/.
And take a look at any speedo (even UK ones).
R
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