f.s.

American  

abbreviation

1. foot-second.

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f.s. British  

abbreviation

1. foot-second

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Example Sentences

That is the way in which to compare batteries and to measure their e. m. f.’s, but you see it takes a lot of time.

From Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son by Mills, John

There will be impressed on the grid of the tube two alternating e. m. f.’s, one due to the tube’s own oscillations and the other incoming from the distant transmitting station.

From Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son by Mills, John

On her f.'s death she went abroad with the Brays, and, on her return in 1850, began to write for the Westminster Review, of which from 1851-53 she was assistant-editor.

From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)

I will say nothing of the wind-instruments; but all pp.'s, cresc., discresc., and all f.'s and ff.'s may as well be struck out of my Opera, for no attention whatever is paid to them.

From Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 1 by Köchel, Ludwig Ritter von

Suppose at some instant both e. m. f.’s are acting to make the grid positive.

From Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son by Mills, John