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freefall - 2 dictionary results

free fall

–noun
1. the hypothetical fall of a body such that the only force acting upon it is that of gravity.
2. the part of a parachute jump that precedes the opening of the parachute.
3. a decline, esp. a sudden or rapid decline, as in value or prestige, that appears to be endless or bottomless: The economy was in a free fall all winter.
Also, free-fall (for defs. 1, 2).


Origin:
1915–20

free-fall

[free-fawl] verb, -fell, -fall⋅en, -fall⋅ing, adjective, noun
–verb (used without object)
1. (of parachutists) to descend initially, as for a designated interval, in a free fall: The jumpers were required to free-fall for eight seconds.
–adjective
2. denoting or suggesting a free fall: a free-fall recession.
–noun
3. free fall (defs. 1, 2).
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