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free fall

  1. the unchecked fall of anything through space, the atmosphere, a vacuum, etc., esp. the part of a parachutist's jump before the parachute is opened
  2. any unchecked, usually rapid, decline, as in value, status, or stability
free-fall definition

free·-fall (frē′fôl′)

noun

free fall (sense )

intransitive verb free-fell -·fell′ (-fel′), free-fallen -·fall′en (-fôl′ən), free-falling -·fall′ing

to undergo, experience, or move in a free fall

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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