free fall
noun
1
: the condition of unrestrained motion in a gravitational field
also
: such motion
2
a
: the part of a parachute jump before the parachute opens
b
: a rapid and continuing drop or decline
a free fall in stock prices
Examples of free fall in a Sentence
Sales were in free fall.
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The only way for officials to stop the free fall in the market, Ms. Wang said, is to bail out some midsize developers in cities where the crisis is more acute.
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Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 24 May 2024
Every second of free fall means another 9.8 m/s of velocity, and that can quickly add up to an extremely difficult energy dissipation problem.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 May 2024
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Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 24 May 2024
Every second of free fall means another 9.8 m/s of velocity, and that can quickly add up to an extremely difficult energy dissipation problem.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 May 2024
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free fall
noun
: the condition of unrestrained motion in a gravitational field
also
: such motion
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