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freefall

English

Alternative forms

  • free fall (noun only)
  • free-fall (verb, noun as a modifier)

Etymology

free +? fall

Noun

freefall (uncountable)

  1. (physics) The state of being in a motion affected by no acceleration (force) other than that provided by gravity.
  2. (common usage) The state of falling with no interference from outside forces other than the air resistance (no open parachute, etc.)
  3. (by extension) The state of worsening out of control.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

freefall (third-person singular simple present freefalls, present participle freefalling, simple past freefell, past participle freefallen)

  1. To drop in a state of freefall.
    A base jumper attempts to freefall for as long as possible before triggering the parachute.

Derived terms

  • free-falling

Translations

freefall From the web:

  • what's freefall speed
  • what freefall feels like
  • what is meant by freefall
  • freefall what does that mean
  • free fall physics
  • what does freefall feel like
  • free fall motion
  • free fall acceleration

microgravity

English

Etymology

micro- +? gravity

Noun

microgravity (usually uncountable, plural microgravities)

  1. (physics) A state of very low acceleration between two free floating objects, as found in sustained freefall, in orbit, or in interstellar space.

Synonyms

  • µG
  • weightlessness

Derived terms

  • microgravitation
  • microgravitational

Related terms

  • hypergravity
  • hypogravity
  • macrogravity
  • zero gravity

Translations

microgravity From the web:

  • what microgravity means
  • microgravity what does it mean
  • what does microgravity do to the human body
  • what is microgravity and its effects on the body
  • what is microgravity experiments
  • what does microgravity affect
  • what does microgravity
  • what is microgravity mean in science
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