FOOT-TON


Meaning of FOOT-TON in English

/foot"tun"/ , n. Physics.

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.

[ 1865-70 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .