Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: free fall  free fol
  1. The ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field
     
  2. A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
    "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall";
    - drop, dip, fall

Derived forms: free falls

Type of: decrease, decrement, drop, fall

Encyclopedia: Free fall