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footprint
The definition of a footprint is the mark left by a foot or shoe, or the area that something occupies.
(noun)- An example of a footprint is the indentation left as a person walks by the water on the beach.
- An example of a footprint is the length and width of the space occupied by the couch.
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See footprint in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- an impression or mark made by a foot or shoe, as in sand
- an area, or its shape, which something affects, occupies, etc., as the space taken up by a computer, the coverage pattern of a communications satellite, etc.
See footprint in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- An outline or indentation left by a foot on a surface. Also called footmark, footstep.
- The surface space occupied by a structure or device: the footprint of a building; a microcomputer with a space-saving footprint.
- An area within which a spacecraft is supposed to land.
- A designated area affected or covered by a device or phenomenon: the footprint of a communications satellite.
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