Definition & Meaning of "free fall"in English

Free fall

the motion of an object or person falling solely under the influence of gravity

Examples

The rock fell in free fall, picking up speed as it dropped.

a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

Grammatical Information

Animacy status

Abstract

Composition

Compound

Countable

singular

not gender specific

Plural form

free falls

the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field

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