foot-ton

foot-ton [foo t-tuhn] Word Origin 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.

Origin of foot-ton First recorded in 1865–70 British Dictionary definitions for foot-ton foot-ton noun

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