fallout
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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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| —n | |
| 1. | the descent of solid material in the atmosphere onto the earth, esp of radioactive material following a nuclear explosion |
| 2. | any solid particles that so descend |
| 3. | informal side-effects; secondary consequences |
| —vb | |
| 4. | informal to quarrel or disagree |
| 5. | (intr) to happen or occur |
| 6. | military to leave a parade or disciplinary formation |
| —sentence substitute | |
| 7. | military the order to leave a parade or disciplinary formation |
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Slang Dictionary
fallout definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
Thus with a steadily decreasing radioactivity fallout the dose rate was not dangerous at all.
The collected fallout was measured daily for the amount of gross beta radioactivity present.
That's not to say that the economy has suffered no fallout from the subprime collapse.
But that didn't make sense either, since the level of interference remained constant, even as the fallout dissipated.
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