foot ton
/fʊt tʌn/
noun
- A unit of energy or work equal to the force needed to lift one ton (2,000 pounds) a distance of one foot.
- The engine's output was measured in foot-tons for the heavy machinery test.
- The dam's turbines generate millions of foot-tons of energy each day.
- Engineers calculated that the crane could lift 50 foot-tons of steel beams.