foot-ton

[foot-tuhn]

noun

Physics.

1. 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

1. a unit of work or energy equal to 2240 foot-pounds

Word History and Origins

Origin of foot-ton¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

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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