"drop tower" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: drop towers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} drop tower (plural drop towers)
  1. (physics, engineering) A tower, containing a long evacuated tube, within which objects can be dropped experimentally. Categories (topical): Engineering, Physics
    Sense id: en-drop_tower-en-noun-uZuGuGOb Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. An amusement ride in which riders experience free fall. Categories (topical): Amusement rides Translations (Translations): 跳樓機 /跳楼机 (tiàolóujī) (Chinese Mandarin), Vapaapudotustorni (Finnish), Fallturm [masculine] (German), ドロップタワー (doroppu tawā) (Japanese), 드롭 타워 (deurop tawo) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-drop_tower-en-noun-Ixrehdxt Disambiguation of Amusement rides: 11 89 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 21 79

Inflected forms

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