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Definition of Footprint

1. Noun. A mark of a foot or shoe on a surface. "The police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window"

2. Noun. A trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important. "The footprints of an earlier civilization"

3. Noun. The area taken up by some object. "The computer had a desktop footprint of 10 by 16 inches"

Definition of Footprint

1. n. The impression of the foot; a trace or footmark; as, "Footprints of the Creator."

Definition of Footprint

1. Noun. The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow. ¹

2. Noun. Space required by a piece of equipment. Eg: This computer has a smaller footprint. ¹

3. Noun. (computing) Amount of hard drive space required for a program. ¹

4. Noun. (computing) The audit trail left by a crashed program ¹

5. Noun. Profession or lifestyle, as in... ¹

6. Noun. The surface space occupied by a structure ¹

7. Noun. A company's geographic market presence. Eg. ''The store, which is slated to open next month, increases the company's footprint in the market to 14 locations.'' ¹

8. Noun. The ecological impact of a human activity, machine, etc. ¹

9. Noun. Availability of a satellite from the ground ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Footprint

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Footprint

footpaces footpad footpads footpage footpages footpath footpaths footplate footplate man footplate men

footplates footpoint footpoints footpost footposts footprint (current term) footprint evidence footprinting footprints footra

footrace footraces footras footrest footrests footrope footropes footrot footrots footrule

Literary usage of Footprint

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

1. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1902)
"At one side of the slab is an indistinct portion of a small footprint ... footprint described by Professor Williamson ' is seen to be very striking. ..."

2. Buddhist Art in India by Albert Grünwedel (1901)
"There a giant footprint has been regarded as sacred from ancient times and for all the religions prevailing in Ceylon.1 On the reception of Buddhism, ..."

3. Siam: Or, The Heart of Farther India by Mary Lovina Cort (1886)
"The Buddha footprint is protected by a beautiful edifice covered with gilt. ... The inner surface of the footprint is covered with innumerable layers of ..."

4. Buddhist Legends by Buddhaghosa (1921)
"(It is said that when the Buddhas establish a footprint, saying, ... Looking all about, the Brahman saw the footprint and pointed it out to his wife, ..."

5. Through Unknown Tibet by Montagu Sinclair Wellby (1898)
"Some of the men also declared that they had found a man's footprint. Personally we did not see this sign of civilization, but the men maintained there could ..."

6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1908)
"Traces of a footprint that seems to be of an entirely different ... On n footprint Slawin the Museum of Zoology, University of Liverpool. By 3. ..."

7. The Geologist by Samuel Joseph Mackie (1862)
"Sir,—I send you a drawing of a footprint, which is upon a boulder from one of the ... В This footprint appears to be an interesting addition to Ichnology. ..."

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