foot-pound-second
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foot-pound-sec·ond
(fo͝ot′pound′sĕk′ənd)adj. Abbr. fps
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the US Customary and British Imperial systems of measurement based on the foot, the pound, and the second as the fundamental units of length, mass, and time.
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foot-pound-second
n
(Units) See fps units
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foot′-pound′-sec′ond
adj.
of or pertaining to the system of units in which the foot, pound, and second are the principal units of length, mass, and time. Abbr.: fps
[1890–95]
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