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foot-ton
[ foot-tuhn ]
noun
Physics.
- a foot-pound-second unit of work or energy, equivalent to 2240 foot-pounds and equal to the energy expended in raising a ton of 2240 pounds a distance of one foot against the force of gravity.
foot-ton
noun
- a unit of work or energy equal to 2240 foot-pounds
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of foot-ton1
First recorded in 1865–70
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The unit employed in the measurement of some other form of energy might be used instead, as, for example, the foot-ton, which represents the amount of energy necessary to raise one ton through one foot.
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