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Wiktionary

  1. freefallnoun

    The state of being in a motion affected by no acceleration (force) other than that provided by gravity.

  2. freefallnoun

    The state of falling with no interference from outside forces other than the air resistance (no open parachute, etc.)

  3. freefallnoun

    The state of worsening out of control.

    As civil war continues in Iraq, the U.S. president's approval ratings are in freefall.

  4. freefallnoun

    Of or related to freefall in any sense.

  5. freefallverb

    To drop in a state of freefall.

    A base jumper attempts to freefall for as long as possible before triggering the parachute.

Wikipedia

  1. freefall

    In Newtonian physics, free fall is any motion of a body where gravity is the only force acting upon it. In the context of general relativity, where gravitation is reduced to a space-time curvature, a body in free fall has no force acting on it. An object in the technical sense of the term "free fall" may not necessarily be falling down in the usual sense of the term. An object moving upwards might not normally be considered to be falling, but if it is subject to only the force of gravity, it is said to be in free fall. The Moon is thus in free fall around the Earth, though its orbital speed keeps it in very far orbit from the Earth's surface. In a roughly uniform gravitational field gravity acts on each part of a body approximately equally. When there are no other forces, such as the normal force exerted between a body (e.g. an astronaut in orbit) and its surrounding objects, it will result in the sensation of weightlessness, a condition that also occurs when the gravitational field is weak (such as when far away from any source of gravity). The term "free fall" is often used more loosely than in the strict sense defined above. Thus, falling through an atmosphere without a deployed parachute, or lifting device, is also often referred to as free fall. The aerodynamic drag forces in such situations prevent them from producing full weightlessness, and thus a skydiver's "free fall" after reaching terminal velocity produces the sensation of the body's weight being supported on a cushion of air.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of freefall in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of freefall in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of freefall in a Sentence

  1. Matt Fernley:

    Is China really in meltdown? We think not. The market seems to be taking the view that because the A-share market is in freefall this means that China is in freefall. We do not believe this is the case.

  2. Jennifer Pagonis:

    I was like, `Oh. My. God! That's the thing the teacher was talking about ... , and then I went into like a freefall.

  3. Christy West from Skydive Spaceland:

    She was doing her first' solo' training skydive, wearing her own parachute system and jumping with a dedicated instructor, the freefall portion of the skydive was uneventful ; however, there was a complication with the primary parachute.

  4. Jeggan Grey-Johnson:

    Gambia cannot absorb this sort of shock, the economy is small and already in freefall.

  5. Thomas Vinterberg:

    It gave a me purpose in life and kept me away from the freefall, and I felt there was a higher purpose in making a movie for her. Before her death it was an ambition to make a life-affirming film ; that became a necessity. I wanted to celebrate the life that we lose so easily.

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