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Definition: Free Fall |
Free FallNoun1. The ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field. 2. 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"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Aerospace | 1. The fall or drop of a body, such as a rocket, not guided, not under thrust, and not retarded by a parachute or other braking device.2. The free and unhampered motion of a body along a Keplerian trajectory, in which the force of gravity is counterbalanced by the force of inertia. See weightlessness. (references) |
Military | A parachute maneuver in which the parachute is opened, either manually or automatically, at a predetermined altitude. (references) |
Mining | A. An arrangement by which, in deep boring, the bit is allowed to fall freely to the bottom at each drop or downstroke. b. The process of operating the drill. Often called Russian, Canadian, orGalician free fall. (references) |
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Synonyms: Free FallSynonyms: drop (n), fall (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Free Fall |
| English words defined with "free fall": fall ♦ lbf. ♦ pound ♦ sky-diving. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "free fall": agravic state ♦ ballute ♦ flat-crested morning glory spillway, free settling, free-flight trajectory ♦ hindered settling ♦ INFALAPSARIAN ♦ low angle loft bombing ♦ relative work, repose angle ♦ Safeguards, import, standard-crested morning glory spillway ♦ zero-g condition. (references) |
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Lyrics | Gonna free fall out into nothin' ("Free Fallin'"; performing artist: Tom Petty) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Free Fall (1964) | |
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Trade | Nigeria | At the inception of this democratic government in May 1999, the parallel official rate of Naira 22 to $1 was abolished to avoid official abuse of securing dollar from the government and selling same to Banks at the Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (AFEM) rate of about Naira100 to $1. The government also settled a lot of the local debts thus resulting to excess liquid cash in the economy and consequently the free fall of the Naira in the AFEM. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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free fall | 48 |
free fall ride | 3 |
free fall wallpaper | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "free fall"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | طليق الوقع. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | glidende genindtraeden (at lift/drag ratios greater than 1, atmospheric entry of a spacecraft in free fall using the aerodynamic maneuvering characteristics of the vehicle to influence the trajectory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | glijdende terugkeer (at lift/drag ratios greater than 1, atmospheric entry of a spacecraft in free fall using the aerodynamic maneuvering characteristics of the vehicle to influence the trajectory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | chute libre. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Wiedereintritt unter Gleitflugbedingungen (at lift/drag ratios greater than 1, atmospheric entry of a spacecraft in free fall using the aerodynamic maneuvering characteristics of the vehicle to influence the trajectory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szabadesés (freefall). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | rientro planato (at lift/drag ratios greater than 1, atmospheric entry of a spacecraft in free fall using the aerodynamic maneuvering characteristics of the vehicle to influence the trajectory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eefray allfay свободное падение. (various references) slobodni pad. (various references) reingreso planeado (at lift/drag ratios greater than 1, atmospheric entry of a spacecraft in free fall using the aerodynamic maneuvering characteristics of the vehicle to influence the trajectory), reentrada planeada (at lift/drag ratios greater than 1, atmospheric entry of a spacecraft in free fall using the aerodynamic maneuvering characteristics of the vehicle to influence the trajectory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-f-f-l-l-r" | |
-1 letter: felafel. | |
-2 letters: faller, farfel, feller, raffle, refall, refell. | |
-3 letters: allee, farle, fella, feral, flare, fleer, laree, refel. | |
-4 letters: alee, alef, earl, fall, fare, farl, feal, fear, feel, fell, fere, flea, flee, frae, free, leaf, leal, lear, leer, raff, rale, real, reef, reel. | |
-5 letters: aff, ale, all, are, arf, ear, eel, eff, elf, ell, era, ere. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-f-f-l-l-r" | |
+2 letters: fearfuller. | |
+3 letters: fearfullest. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 72 65 65 46 61 6C 6C |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01110010 01100101 01100101 00100000 01000110 01100001 01101100 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F r e e   F a l l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0072 0065 0065 0046 0061 006C 006C |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)40847171240677878 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, arabe, arabisch, arab, arabo, арабский, arapski, árabe |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, danois, dänisch, dán, danese, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, holland, olandese, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, français, französisch, francia, francese, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, tysker, Duitse, allemand, német, tedesco, немецкий, germanski, alemán |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, ungarer, Hongaarse, hongrois, Ungar, magyar, ungherese, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, italiener, italien, italienisch, olasz, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, russer, Russe, russisch, orosz, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, spanyol, spagnolo, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, anglais, englisch, angol, inglese, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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