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Definition of Dropping
1. Adjective. Coming down freely under the influence of gravity. "Falling rain"
Definition of Dropping
1. n. The action of causing to drop or of letting drop; falling.
Definition of Dropping
1. Verb. (present participle of drop) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dropping
1. something that has been dropped [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dropping
Literary usage of Dropping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1894)
"dropping FLASK FOR STANDARD SOLUTIONS. Total soluble alumina 17.00 per cent. ...
A number of dropping flasks and bottles have been invented from time to ..."
2. Proceedings by Natural Gas Association of America, Modern Language Association of America (1921)
"162 DISK TO PREVENT CAVE-INS dropping DOWN WELL HOLE RB BARNES, ... The purpose
of this disk is to prevent cave-ins from dropping down and covering the ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Closely allied to these machines is Thomson's Water- water-dropping ... He has
also constructed a water-dropping electric machine on a similar principle. ..."
4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1892)
"... and on the river's bank opposite are wild rose-bushes dropping their petals,
pink and white, on forget-me-nots, wild blue geranium and meadow-rue. ..."
5. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1905)
"The opening of the buds in spring, their unfolding into leaves in the summer and
in the fall the color that lends such beauty, and then the dropping of the ..."
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