Footprint

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  • noun. An outline or indentation left by a foot on a surface.
  • noun. The surface space occupied by a structure or device.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The impact that a particular activity, person, or group has on the environment.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The area affected or covered by a device or phenomenon.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The mark of a foot; an impression left by the foot in walking.
  • noun. In geology, an impression of the foot of an animal on the surface of a rock, such impression having been made at a time when the stone was in the state of loose sand or moist clay; anichnite.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The impression of the foot; a trace or footmark.”
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow.
  • noun. Space required by a piece of equipment. Eg: This computer has a smaller footprint.
  • noun. Amount of hard drive space required for a program.
  • noun. The audit trail left by a crashed program
  • noun. Profession or lifestyle, as in...
  • noun. The surface space occupied by a structure
  • noun. A company's geographic market presence. Eg. The store, which is slated to open next month, increases the company's footprint in the market to 14 locations.
  • noun. The ecological impact of a human activity, machine, etc.
  • noun. Availability of a satellite from the ground
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important
  • noun. the area taken up by some object
  • noun. a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
  • Word Usage
    "The use of the term footprint to refer to the impact of human activity on the environment is about 30 years old."
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