footprint meaning and definition

FOOTPRINT noun

Definition of footprint (noun)

1. 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
2. a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important
   • "the footprints of an earlier civilization"
3. the area taken up by some object
   • "the computer had a desktop footprint of 10 by 16 inches"