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FREE FALL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does free fall mean?
• FREE FALL (noun)
The noun FREE FALL has 2 senses:
1. the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field
2. a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
Familiarity information: FREE FALL used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("free fall" is a kind of...):
drop; fall (a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
Context example:
when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall
Hypernyms ("free fall" is a kind of...):
decrease; decrement (the amount by which something decreases)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "free fall"):
correction (a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases)
voltage drop (a decrease in voltage along a conductor through which current is flowing)
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