free fall
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free fall
or free·fall (frē′fôl′)n.
1. The fall of a body within the atmosphere without a drag-producing device such as a parachute.
2. The ideal falling motion of a body that is subject only to the earth's gravitational field.
3. Rapid uncontrolled decline: "The markets threatened to go into free fall and we came within an eyelash of ... an uncontrollable panic" (Felix Rohatyn).
free′fall′ v.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
free fall
n
1. (General Physics) free descent of a body in which the gravitational force is the only force acting on it
2. (Aeronautics) the part of a parachute descent before the parachute opens
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
free′ fall′
n.
1. the hypothetical fall of a body such that the only force acting upon it is gravity.
2. the part of a parachute jump that precedes the opening of the parachute.
[1915–20]
free-fall
(v. ˈfriˌfɔl; n. -ˈfɔl)v. -fell, -fall•en, -fall•ing,
n. v.i.
1. (of a parachutist) to descend in a free fall.
n. 2. free fall.
[1915–20]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
free fall
A parachute maneuver in which the parachute is manually activated at the discretion of the jumper or automatically at a preset altitude. See also airdrop; air movement; free drop; high velocity drop; low velocity drop.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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| Noun | 1. |  free fall - the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field |
| 2. | free fall - a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall" correction - a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases; "market runups are invariably followed by a correction" voltage drop - a decrease in voltage along a conductor through which current is flowing |
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free fall
n (Parachuting) in free fall → in caduta liberaCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995