[currupt4130]

A meter per square second is a measure of acceleration, or change in velocity per unit of time. So since velocity is distance per unit of time, acceleration is distance per unit of (timeXtime) or time^2.

Sorry if I came across as an ass. My point was meters are a metric unit, the newton is a unit of force not acceleration, and that acceleration is distance per time squared, units based on what system you're operating in.