foot-pound

noun

foot⋅pound-force, a unit of work, energy, or torque.

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Meanings

nounfoot-pound (plural foot-pounds)

plural foot-pounds

  1. abbreviationproscribednatural sciencesfoot⋅pound-force, a unit of work, energy, or torque.

    If the F.R. ever expands its administration to include a statistician, his figure for net foot-pounds of elbow grease per trailing ton-mile are going to look quite impressive.

    1958 July 28, R. K. Kirkland, “Into the Mountains on the Festiniog Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 450
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foot-pound. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foot-pound

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“foot-pound.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foot-pound. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foot-pound,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foot-pound.

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