foot-pound

English

Noun

foot-pound (plural foot-pounds)

  1. (physics, deprecated abbreviation) foot⋅pound-force, a unit of work, energy, or torque.
    Alternative form: ft-lb (symbol)
    • 1958 July, R. K. Kirkland, “Into the Mountains on the Festiniog Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 450:
      If the F.R. ever expands its administration to include a statistician, his figure for net foot-pounds of elbow grease per trailing ton-mile are going to look quite impressive.

Usage notes

Using this abbreviation to describe foot⋅pound-force is casual and vague, and thus unscientific.

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