Search Result for "free_fall":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field;

2. a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity;
- Example: "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"
- Example: "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"
- Example: "a dip in prices"
- Example: "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"
[syn: drop, dip, fall, free fall]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

free fall n 1: the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field 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" [syn: drop, dip, fall, free fall]