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Foot-pound

Foot-pound Meaning & Definition
Foot-pound Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Foot-pound?

[n] a unit of work equal to a force of one pound moving through a distance of one foot

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See Also | energy unit | foot-ton | heat unit | work unit

Foot-pound In Webster's Dictionary

\Foot" pound`\ (Mech.) A unit of energy, or work, being equal to the work done in raising one pound avoirdupois against the force of gravity the height of one foot.

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