English Explanatory Dictionary

footprint

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow.
  2. Space required by a piece of equipment.
  3. The amount of hard drive space required for a program.
  4. The audit trail left by a crashed program.
  5. A trace left behind that gives evidence of some action having occurred.
  6. What a person has done before, as a profession or lifestyle, serving as a model for others.
  7. The surface space occupied by a structure.
  8. A company's geographic market presence.
  9. The ecological impact of a human activity, machine, etc.
  10. Availability of a satellite from the ground.
  11. A polygon representing the shape of an item.

Pronunciation

/ˈfʊtpɹɪnt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-footprint.wav

Word forms

footprint footprints

Etymology

From foot + print.

Synonyms

footmark ichnogram

Derived words

carbon footprint cyberfootprint digital footprint ecofootprint ecological footprint foodprint footprinted footprinting footprints on the sands of time noise footprint plastic footprint water footprint
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