Definition of Falloff

1. Noun. A noticeable deterioration in performance or quality. "A falloff in quality"


Definition of Falloff

1. Noun. A reduction or decline. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Falloff

1. a decline in quantity or quality [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Falloff

falling off
falling out
falling over
falling palate
falling pregnant
falling short
falling sickness
falling star
falling stars
falling under
fallingly
fallings
fallings-out
fallings out
falloff (current term)
falloffs
fallopian
fallopian aqueduct
fallopian canal
fallopian hiatus
fallopian neuritis
fallopian pregnancy
fallopian tube
fallopian tube patency tests
fallopian tubes
fallout
fallout shelter

Literary usage of Falloff

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Scientific Workshop on the Health Effects of Electric and by Philip J. Bierbaum (1994)
"... from Transformer in Feet (R) Measured falloff of Magnetic Field Predicted falloff by R Squared Predicted falloff by R Cubed density to be shunted. ..."

2. Racial and Ethnic Tensions in American Communities: Poverty, Inequality and edited by Mary Frances Berry (2000)
"Now, let me come to the matter of how one ought to view the ridership falloff that was discussed earlier, and, I think, suggesting that the poor quality of ..."

3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"It is surprising that the falloff in hydrogen abstraction by the n,jr* triplet of 1 on proceeding from isopropyl to ethyl alcohol is apparently so great. ..."

4. First Lessons: A Report on Elementary Education in America by William J. Bennett (1986)
"Yet she finds a falloff in student achievement beginning around the fifth grade and asserts that by the eighth grade "it seems comparable in magnitude to ..."

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