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Free fall

noun

The ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field.

A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity. Synonyms: dip, drop, fall. "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"

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"Free fall" Quotes from Famous Books

... the ship entered the atmosphere at operational velocity and not less than free fall," the ...

— A Fine Fix • R. C. Noll

... up—and floated to the ceiling of the cabin. But there was of course no ceiling. Every way was up and every way was down. His stomach cramped itself in a hard knot, in the instinctive tensity of somebody in free fall. ...

— Space Tug • Murray Leinster

... he was in free fall. The ship had cleared the pull of earth's gravity and was out in space where everything was weightless. Reaching toward the control panel, he flipped the switch for the synthetic-gravity generator and, ...

— Stand by for Mars! • Carey Rockwell

... trip and a faster landing. The UN cruiser cut its engines and dropped like a rock in free fall. Night rain washed the ports and the computer cut in the maximum permissible blast for the minimum time that would reduce their speed to zero at zero altitude. Deceleration sat on their chests and squeezed their bones to rubber. Something crunched heavily ...

— The K-Factor • Harry Harrison (AKA Henry Maxwell Dempsey)