Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A unit of work equal to the work done by a force of one pound acting through a distance of one foot in the direction of the force.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A compound unit formed of a foot paired with the weight of a pound, used in measuring energy or work; the energy required to raise a weight of one pound against gravity to the height of one foot.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun physics A
unit ofwork done, orenergy expended, when aforce of one pound acts through adistance of one foot
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a unit of work equal to a force of one pound moving through a distance of one foot
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Examples
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Or if a (side) chest shot, .. think of it like an arrow but with a certain "foot-pound" advatage, .. there is a hole where there aint suposed to be a hole,. if its through the lungs liver or heart,. its only a matter of time, .. but, many times not the "bang flop" which is why your deer took off after being hit with a big bad bullet that didnt open.
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Or if a (side) chest shot, .. think of it like an arrow but with a certain "foot-pound" advatage, .. there is a hole where there aint suposed to be a hole,. if its through the lungs liver or heart,. its only a matter of time, .. but, many times not the "bang flop" which is why your deer took off after being hit with a big bad bullet that didnt open.
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Battery capacity is rated at 24 kwh and the motor puts out an equivalent 95 hp and 217 foot-pound of torque right from the start.
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Battery capacity is rated at 24 kwh and the motor puts out an equivalent 95 hp and 217 foot-pound of torque right from the start.
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Usually the delivered energy is so high—in the 5,000-foot-pound range—that a frail sack of blood and struts like a human being will flip through the air, sometimes as far as 30 feet, limbs askew, and land in a pile of wreckage.
Dead Zero Stephen Hunter 2010
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Battery capacity is rated at 24 kwh and the motor puts out an equivalent 95 hp and 217 foot-pound of torque right from the start.
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Battery capacity is rated at 24 kwh and the motor puts out an equivalent 95 hp and 217 foot-pound of torque right from the start.
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Usually the delivered energy is so high—in the 5,000-foot-pound range—that a frail sack of blood and struts like a human being will flip through the air, sometimes as far as 30 feet, limbs askew, and land in a pile of wreckage.
Dead Zero Stephen Hunter 2010
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Battery capacity is rated at 24 kwh and the motor puts out an equivalent 95 hp and 217 foot-pound of torque right from the start.
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Battery capacity is rated at 24 kwh and the motor puts out an equivalent 95 hp and 217 foot-pound of torque right from the start.
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