Word Origin & History. amber mid-14c., ambergris, from O.Fr. ambre, from M.L. ambar, from Arabic 'anbar amber, a word brought home to Europe by the Crusaders. The sense was extended to fossil resin c.1400, which has become the main sense as the use of ambergris has waned. This formerly was known as white or yellow amber. In Fr., they are distinguished as ambre gris and amber jaune. Cf. also electric.
It depends on how closely he needs to describe the location. One degree of latitude is one nautical mile or about 6000 feet, so one second is about 100 feet. The fractions of a second are pretty useless, but degrees, minutes, and seconds are reasonable.
Feet Per Second. FPS stands for Feet Per Second. It is a measure of the velocity of a projectile. Feet Per Second, better known as the velocity or the amount of distanced traveled by the bullet in Feet Per Second.*. Feet Per Second means how fast the bullets traveling the higher the FPS the faster the bullet. :D. i means feet per second, the more fps is the faster the bullet travels.