free falling

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• free-falling — free fallˈing noun • • • Main Entry: ↑free …   Useful english dictionary

• free falling — skydiving, parachuting …   English contemporary dictionary

• Free-fall — is motion with no acceleration other than that provided by gravity. Since this definition does not specify velocity, it also applies to objects initially moving upward. Although the definition specifically excludes all other forces such as… …   Wikipedia

• free-fall — /free fawl /, v., free fell, free fallen, free falling, adj., n. v.i. 1. (of parachutists) to descend initially, as for a designated interval, in a free fall: The jumpers were required to free fall for eight seconds. adj. 2. denoting or… …   Useful english dictionary

• free-fall — /free fawl /, v., free fell, free fallen, free falling, adj., n. v.i. 1. (of parachutists) to descend initially, as for a designated interval, in a free fall: The jumpers were required to free fall for eight seconds. adj. 2. denoting or… …   Universalium

• free fall — n [singular, U] 1.) the movement of someone or something through the air without engine power, for example before a ↑parachute opens after someone has jumped out of a plane in/into free fall ▪ The spacecraft is now in free fall towards the Earth …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• free-fall — [frē′fôl′] n. FREE FALL (sense 2) vi. free fell [frē′fel′] free fallen [fē′fôl′ən] free falling to undergo, experience, or move in a free fall …   English World dictionary

• Free-fall time — The free fall time is the characteristic time that would take a body to collapse under its own gravitational attraction, if no other forces existed to oppose the collapse. As such, it plays a fundamental role in setting the timescale for a wide… …   Wikipedia

• Falling Up (Digby album) — Infobox Album | Name = Falling Up Type = Album Artist = Digby Released = June 1, 2004 Recorded = ? Genre = Power Pop Length = ??:? Label = Toucan Cave/Label X Producer = Todd Smith Reviews = Last album = Go Digby (2003) This album = Falling Up… …   Wikipedia

• free fall — UK / US noun [uncountable] 1) an occasion when a price or value suddenly becomes much lower 2) the part of a parachute jump when someone falls quickly towards the ground before the parachute opens Derived word: free fall verb intransitive Word… …   English dictionary

• free-fall — noun (U) 1 part of a jump or fall from an aircraft that is made before the parachute 1 is opened 2 a very fast and uncontrolled fall in the value of something : in free fall: The pound sterling was in free fall. free falling adjective …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English