freefalls
Plunges without resistance
Freefalls is the plural of freefall and the third-person singular verb form.
A freefall is the portion of a descent—from a plane, cliff, or space—when nothing slows the fall: The skydiver enjoyed thirty seconds of freefall before opening her chute.
Figuratively, a freefall is any rapid, uncontrolled decline: The stock market went into freefall, His grades are in freefall.
Drag-creating descent device
- jumpsPushes off ground
- terminal velocityMaximum speed during freefall
- plummetsFalls straight down fast
- divesLeaps into water
altitude · airborne · drops · descents · tandem · formation · wingsuit · accelerated
Rate velocity changes
- gravityMutual mass attraction
- vacuumAbsence of matter
- weightlessnessAbsence of apparent mass
- velocityDirected rate of motion
descent · trajectory · drag · mass · bodies · drops · objects · Galileo
Sudden violent impacts
- collapsesSuddenly falls inward
- plummetsFalls straight down fast
- declinesRefuses or diminishes
- dropsDescends or releases
tumbles · nosedives · markets · stocks · currency · recession · downturn · depreciation
Curves circling a center
- plungesDrops abruptly downward
- descentsDownward movements or slopes
- rock bottomLowest possible level
- collapseSudden structural failure
crisis · breakdown · despair · depression · deterioration · decline · unraveling · tailspin
parachute
Drag-creating descent device
- jumpsPushes off ground
- terminal velocityMaximum speed during freefall
- plummetsFalls straight down fast
dives · altitude · airborne · drops · descents · tandem · formation · wingsuit · accelerated · hurtles
acceleration
Rate velocity changes
- gravityMutual mass attraction
- vacuumAbsence of matter
- weightlessnessAbsence of apparent mass
velocity · descent · trajectory · drag · mass · bodies · drops · objects · Galileo · experiments
crashes
Sudden violent impacts
drops · tumbles · nosedives · markets · stocks · currency · recession · downturn · depreciation · correction
spirals
Curves circling a center
- plungesDrops abruptly downward
- descentsDownward movements or slopes
- rock bottomLowest possible level
collapse · crisis · breakdown · despair · depression · deterioration · decline · unraveling · tailspin · downward
freefallsglides
Moves smoothly, frictionlessly
floats · parachutes · hovers · soars · controlled descent
freefallsskyrockets
Rises sharply and suddenly
stabilizes · recovers · holds steady · surges · soars