athletic shoe vs plimsoll

athletic shoe

noun
  • A shoe designed for sports or other forms of physical exercise, typically with a soft, rubber sole. 

plimsoll

noun
  • A rubber-soled lace-up canvas shoe for sports or onboard ships; a precursor of trainers. 

  • The plimsoll symbol ⦵ (or o) that is used as a superscript in the notation of thermodynamics to indicate an arbitrarily chosen non-zero reference point. 

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