foot-ton

American  

[foot-tuhn] / ˈfʊtˈtʌn /

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.

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foot-ton British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of foot-ton

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

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foot-ton

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.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various