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Foot-pound
The unit of result in estimating work done by machinery.
Thus, if we take 1 lb. as the unit of weight and 1 foot as the unit of
distance, a foot-pound would be 1 lb. weight raised 1 foot.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Foot-pound from Infoplease:
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