free fall

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free fall • n. downward movement under the force of gravity only: the path of a body in free fall. ∎  the part of a parachute-descent before the parachute opens. ∎  the movement of a spacecraft in space without thrust from the engines.• v. (free-fall) [intr.] move under the force of gravity only; fall rapidly.

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