Definition of Foot-pound

1. Noun. A unit of work equal to a force of one pound moving through a distance of one foot.

Generic synonyms: Energy Unit, Heat Unit, Work Unit
Group relationships: Foot-ton

Definition of Foot-pound

1. Noun. (physics) A unit of work done, or energy expended, when a force of one pound acts through a distance of one foot ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Foot-pound

1. A unit measure of energy expended, or work done, in raising a mass of 1 pound a height of 1 foot vertically against the force of gravity. (12 Sep 2002)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foot-pound

foordite
foorth
foosball
fooster
foot
foot-and-mouth disease
foot-and-mouth disease virus
foot-and-mouth disease virus vaccines
foot-dragging
foot-draggings
foot-drop
foot-fall
foot-in-mouth disease
foot-lambert
foot-pound (current term)
foot-pound-second
foot-pound-second system
foot-poundal
foot-slog
foot-tapping
foot-ton
foot and mouth
foot bones
foot brake
foot brakes
foot candle
foot deformities
foot dermatoses
foot doctor

Literary usage of Foot-pound

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mechanics: A Textbook for Engineers by James Ellsworth Boyd (1921)
"R«duce a standard foot-pound to ergs. Ans. 13.558 X 10, ... The Foot-Pound- Second System is an absolute system in which the pound is the unit of mass and ..."

2. Matter and Motion by James Clerk Maxwell (1876)
"It is true that gravity is not really uniform, but diminishes as we ascend from the earth's surface, so that a foot-pound is not an accurately known ..."

3. Absolute Measurements in Electricity and Magnetism by Andrew Gray (1893)
"Among engineers in this country the unit of work generally used, is one foot'pound, that is, the work done in lifting a pound vertically against gravity ..."

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