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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.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 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] free fallA 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.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  free fall - the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational fielddrop, fall - a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height" | | 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"drop, dip, falldecrement, decrease - the amount by which something decreasescorrection - 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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a parachute.Dream Jump Dubai: When daredevils dream about PrincessBANKING AND CREDIT NEWS-December 17, 2014-Despite 17% rate rise Russian rouble goes into free-fallDespite 17% rate rise Russian rouble goes into free-fallAn attempt to set a world skydiving record by having more than 220 people free-fall from an airplane in formation turned tragic Thursday when one jumper died during the daring effort at the same Arizona location where two skydivers fell to their deaths last year trying to set a different record, the Associated Press reported.1 killed trying to set world skydiving record in Arizona, U.SThe Rastrick pupil left the comfort of an aeroplane to free-fall then float down to earth - thinking of his late mum all the time.Andrew likes the high life ... even at 15,000ftThe ceremony included several activities and various military shows, besides free-fall shows for the RAFO Free Fall team.RAFO Marks Armed Forces DayNORSAFE TAKES BACK THE WORLD RECORD FOR FREE-FALL LIFEBOATSTOP SHIPS INC. TO SELL ITS CURRENT FLEET AND INITIATION OF PROGRAM TO ACQUIRE NEW VESSELSBaumgartner exceeded M1.24 near the beginning of a roughly 4min 22sec free-fall from nearly 37km above the Earth, or 25,000ft higher than the previous record set in 1960.Travel Safety Update - EuropeJoe Kittinger reached in his 1960 free-fall record from 19.5 miles.Felix Baumgartner forced to cancel supersonic 'space jump'FLORIDA (CyHAN)- Rocket University participants at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida created an instrumented capsule and dropped it from a high-altitude balloon during a recent test to find out how the aerodynamic payload would handle during free-fall. The engineering program allows participants to work in fields outside their specialties to broaden their experience base.Rocket U: Engineers Push New LimitsEncyclopediaSeefree fall |