footprint
foot print
- n a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window - n a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important
the footprints of an earlier civilization - n the area taken up by some object
the computer had a desktop footprint of 10 by 16 inches
- Many hospitals take a footprint of each new baby in the hope of avoiding mix-ups in identity.
- He made his move because he felt guilty about the size of his residential carbon footprint, and now prefers life tiny and tidy.
- Are you wasting energy? There are ways you can alter your lifestyle to reduce your carbon footprint, the measure of carbon you produce.