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footprint

DEFINITIONS OF: footprint

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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”
Synonyms:
footmark, step
Types:
footprint evidence
evidence in the form of footprints
Type of:
mark, print
a visible indication made on a surface

n a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important

“the footprints of an earlier civilization”
Type of:
shadow, tincture, trace, vestige
an indication that something has been present

n the area taken up by some object

“the computer had a desktop footprint of 10 by 16 inches”
Type of:
area, expanse, surface area
the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary
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