free-fall time

noun

The characteristic amount of time required for a body to collapse under its own gravitational attraction, if no other forces exist to oppose the collapse.

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Meanings

nounfree-fall time (countable and uncountable, plural free-fall times)

plural free-fall times

  1. countableuncountableengineeringThe characteristic amount of time required for a body to collapse under its own gravitational attraction, if no other forces exist to oppose the collapse.
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