foot-ton

[ foot-tuhn ]

noun

, Physics.

1. 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.

foot-ton

noun

1. a unit of work or energy equal to 2240 foot-pounds

Word History and Origins

Origin of foot-ton¹

First recorded in 1865–70