Definition of foot-pound Foot-pound
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What does foot-pound mean?
WordNet
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| foot-pound - a unit of work equal to a force of one pound moving through a distance of one foot | ||
| energy unit, heat unit, work unit a unit of measurement for work | ||
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Wiktionary 
Electrical DictionaryThe Standard Electrical Dictionary 💡
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foot-pound
A practical unit of work or energy. The quantity of work required to raise a pound one foot, or one hundred pounds one-hundredth of a foot, and so on; or the potential energy represented by a weight at an elevation under these conditions.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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foot-pound
In mechanics, is the unit of work. It is simply a contraction for “one pound raised through a height of one foot.” See WORK.
