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]