Definition of Free fall

1. Noun. The ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field.

Generic synonyms: Drop, Fall

2. Noun. A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity. "When that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"
Exact synonyms: Dip, Drop, Fall
Generic synonyms: Decrease, Decrement
Specialized synonyms: Correction, Voltage Drop
Derivative terms: Drop, Fall

Definition of Free fall

1. Noun. A variant form of '''freefall'''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Free Fall

free border of nail
free border of ovary
free burning
free calcium level
free cash flow
free central placentation
free climbing
free convection
free diver
free diving
free edge
free electron
free electrophoresis
free energy
free enterprise
free fall (current term)
free fatty acid
free field
free flap
free float
free form
free gingiva
free grace
free graft
free group
free hand
free house
free houses
free indirect speech
free induction decay

Literary usage of Free fall

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

1. Petroleum: A Treatise on the Geographical Distribution and Geological by Sir Boverton Redwood (1896)
"The free-fall borer of Kind possesses some historical interest. It is self- acting, and is thus available for great depths. It consists, as shown in Fig. ..."

2. Foundations of Bridges and Buildings by Roland Parker Davis, Henry Sylvester Jacoby (1914)
"... correction must be applied to the height of the restrained fall to reduce it to an equivalent free fall. This subject is discussed in the next article. ..."

3. Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects by Royal Institution of Naval Architects (1879)
"The sum of all these versed sines through one foot of fall is the radius of this circle, which in free fall occupies }" and in laden fall £", and the sum of ..."

4. Petroleum: Its History, Origin, Occurrence, Production, Physical and by William Theodore Brannt, Hans Höfer, Alexander Veith (1894)
"The apparatus consists of the chisel a, free-fall tool e, and frame d. ... The upper continuation of the socket of the free-fall tool forms a longer rod i ..."

5. Physics for Technical Students by William Ballantyne Anderson (1914)
"Acceleration of Gravity and Accelerating Force in free fall.—Since the earth exerts the same pull upon a body whether at rest or in motion, ..."

6. Physical Technics; Or, Practical Instructions for Making Experiments in by Joseph Frick (1862)
"[115] free fall.—The laws of the free fall of bodies are shown by means of Atwood's machine, the general arrangement of which is shown in fig. 217. ..."

7. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1902)
"223 shows a trip hook used on one of our shop cars to give free fall tests to ... ‘I'hiis safety has had several hundred successive free fall tests without ..."

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