Free Fall (Noun)
Meaning 1
The ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
Examples
- The skydiver entered a free fall from 10,000 feet, reaching terminal velocity in less than 15 seconds.
- The object was released from the edge of the cliff, beginning its long free fall to the ground below.
- A parachutist needs to reach a maximum free fall speed before deploying their chute to avoid spinning out of control.
- In outer space, an object in a state of weightlessness can still be in free fall, accelerating toward a celestial body.
- A baseball dropped from a great height will initially experience free fall, but air resistance will slow it down before it hits the ground.
Hypernyms
Meaning 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"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall".
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.