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n. An outline or indentation left by a foot on a surface. Also called footmark, footstep.

n. The surface space occupied by a structure or device: the footprint of a building; a microcomputer with a space-saving footprint.

n. An area within which a spacecraft is supposed to land.

n. A designated area affected or covered by a device or phenomenon: the footprint of a communications satellite.

n. The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow.

n. Space required by a piece of equipment. Eg: This computer has a smaller footprint.

n. Amount of hard drive space required for a program.

n. The audit trail left by a crashed program

n. Profession or lifestyle, as in...

n. The surface space occupied by a structure

n. 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.

n. The ecological impact of a human activity, machine, etc.

n. Availability of a satellite from the ground

n. The impression of the foot; a trace or footmark.”

n. The mark of a foot; an impression left by the foot in walking.

n. 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.

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

n. the area taken up by some object

n. a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface

"The use of the term footprint to refer to the impact of human activity on the environment is about 30 years old."

tincture    shadow    trace    vestige    area    expanse    surface area   

step    footstep    vestige    prick    track    trace    pug    seal    pad    ichnite   

fingerprint    footstep    track    imprint    stain    print    corpse    silhouette    skeleton    trace