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Definition of Foot-pound
1. Noun. A unit of work equal to a force of one pound moving through a distance of one foot.
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
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Foot-pound
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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