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noun
1.
the settling to the ground of airborne particles ejected into the atmosphere from the earth by explosions, eruptions, forest fires, etc., especially such settling from nuclear explosions (radioactive fallout). Compare rainout.
2.
the particles themselves. Compare rainout.
3.
an unexpected or incidental effect, outcome, or product: the psychological fallout of being obese.
4.
effects; results: emotional fallout from a divorce.
Also, fall-out.
Origin:
1945–50; noun use of verb phrase fall out
1945–50; noun use of verb phrase fall out
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