foot-ton
英尺吨,足吨
Definitions
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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.
Examples
Together, they crossed over the International Bridges on foot into Juarez to conduct some business.
But there's a ton of value for me in my background and my history, and losing it would be a shame.
In the classic skillset of piloting, mental acuity, and its coordination with hand and foot movements, is equally vital.
Some of the things that Jay lied about to the cops actually make a ton of sense.
Wearing the right foot of a chicken was considered good luck.
The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
I find myself chained to the foot of a woman, my noble Cornelia would despise!
We had now approached closely to the foot of the mountain-ranges, and their lofty summits were high above us in mid-air.
We see the whole land, even if but at a distance, instead of being limited merely to the spot where our foot treads.
But there is a pinnacle of human success and of human opinion, on which human foot was never yet permitted to rest.