FREE FALL


Meaning of FREE FALL in English

ˈfree fall BrE AmE , free-fall noun [singular, uncountable]

1 . the movement of someone or something through the air without engine power, for example before a ↑ parachute opens after someone has jumped out of a plane

in/into free fall

The spacecraft is now in free fall towards the Earth.

2 . a very fast and uncontrolled fall in the value of something:

the free-fall in housing prices

in/into free fall

The economy is in free fall.

—free-falling adjective

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.