What does F/S stand for?

Feet per Second

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Samples in periodicals archive:

If approved, the water would travel down a 42-inch pipe, supplying the hydro plant with approximately 25 cubic feet per second (cfs) coming from Castle Creek and 60 cfs out of Maroon Creek.

United states : Concerns flow over diverting water for hydro power

City/Region: The Army Corps of Engineers today plans to reduce the Willamette River flow by about 600 cubic feet per second, lowering the river's height by about a half-foot in Eugene.

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The Columbia water flow is on the high side at about 350,000 cubic feet per second, which should push fish closer to shore and boost the bank fishermen's catches.

Early shad returns up on Columbia; Outdoors

Still, nearly every bow presently offered the public boasts an IBO speed of 300 feet per second or more, even conservative ATA speeds (more closely resembling most realistic hunting rigs) of 250 or more.

Bows

Acceleration (deceleration) of the barge is given by dividing the desired change in speed (three feet per second to zero feet per second) by the desired time interval (one second).

A physics lesson learned the hard way

``With Newhall Ranch just approved in that vicinity and the waste treatment plant that discharges into that reach scheduled to increase its output from 12 cubic feet per second to 22 cubic feet per second within the next 12 years, my question is, can the fish survive with that future?

NITROGEN IMPERILING RIVER HIGH LEVELS POSE THREAT TO ECOSYSTEM

It feeds easily and produces a velocity of 975 feet per second.

Speer. (2003 New Products: Ammo and Reloading)

The new system decreases the rate of descent by 25 percent, from 21 feet per second to 16 feet per second.

Slower Parachute Causes Fewer Injuries