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noun 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.
Origin:
1865–70
1865–70
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| a unit of work or energy equal to 2240 foot-pounds | |
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