INFALL

Etymology

Noun

infall (countable and uncountable, plural infalls)

The act or process of falling in.

An incursion; an inroad.

(countable) The area where water, storm runoff, etc, enters a storm drain.

(astronomy, uncountable) Movement towards a massive astronomical body under the influence of gravity; especially the process whereby gas falls towards a neutron star or black hole at high speed, forming a plasma

Verb

infall (third-person singular simple present infalls, present participle infalling, simple past infell, past participle infallen)

(intransitive) To fall in.

(intransitive, astronomy) To undergo infall.

Anagrams

• Fallin, fall in, fallin'

Source: Wiktionary



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THEORETICAL

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