footprint
IPA: fˈʊtprɪnt
noun
- The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow.
- Space required by a piece of equipment.
- (computing) The amount of hard drive space required for a program.
- (computing) The audit trail left by a crashed program.
- A trace left behind that gives evidence of some action having occurred.
- (figurative, in the plural) What a person has done before, as a profession or lifestyle, serving as a model for others.
- The surface space occupied by a structure.
- A company's geographic market presence.
- (ecology) The ecological impact of a human activity, machine, etc.
- Availability of a satellite from the ground.
- (cartography) A polygon representing the shape of an item.
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Examples of "footprint" in Sentences
- Countries by ecological footprint.
- The footprint of the hangar covered.
- I'm not seeing the notability footprint.
- Criticism of the water footprint concept.
- Here are the footprints of the patriarchs.
- Jesse initially found the footprint of the troll.
- Reduction of an organization's environment footprint.
- I remember the footprints through the flour which covered the room.
- Otter footprints show a little webbing but beaver footprints show full webbing.
- From the footprint of the house to the gleam on the car in the driveway, it is not hard to guess the economic status of the people who live there.