The result can be a visually startling needle-like tower built on a narrow "footprint" - the base area of the building.

Its narrow footprint was meant to reduce travel time from refrigerator to stove to sink.

Further away towards the dimness, it appeared to be broken by a number of small narrow footprints.

He puzzled for a number of years over the narrow footprints for chateaus, which present a thorny challenge in laying out rooms.

As a result of Global Xpress wide coverage satellites' bandwidth of only 12Gbit/s each will be moderate compared to K band satellites with a narrower footprint.

His foe leaped back onto the invisible flier, making narrow footprints in the slush gathered there.

His one-man hovercraft had a narrow footprint and a proportionately high center of gravity with a man aboard.

However, the CH-53K will feature new stubby composite sponsons to cut overall width, giving the helicopter a narrower footprint for shipboard operations.

Near the camouflaged opening, he found a narrow, scuffed footprint from a woman's boot.