falling object
Gravity's current victim
A falling object is anything dropping through space under the influence of gravity.
The term appears most often in physics problems and safety contexts: Warning signs marked the area where falling objects posed a hazard.
In physics, a falling object accelerates at a constant rate regardless of mass, air resistance aside.
- gravityMutual mass attraction
- dropFall or release
- plummetRapid downward descent
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- crashSudden violent impact
impact · thud · acceleration · velocity · trajectory · weight · plunge · tumble · splat · shatter · hit the ground · catch it · momentum · freefall · terminal velocity · parachute · apple · Newton
- slapstickpratfall, banana peel, pie throw, custard pie, slapstick
- industrial accidentsindustrial accident, explosion, factory fire, mine explosion, mine disaster