"falloff" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-falloff.wav Forms: falloffs [plural], fall-off [alternative]
Etymology: Deverbal from fall off. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|fall off}} Deverbal from fall off Head templates: {{en-noun}} falloff (plural falloffs)
  1. A reduction or decline. Synonyms: drop-off Translations (A reduction or decline): упадък (upadǎk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), западане (zapadane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), caída [feminine] (Galician), spadek [masculine] (Polish), caída [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-falloff-en-noun-7Lj8dpE0 Disambiguation of 'A reduction or decline': 100 0 0
  2. (music) A note immediately followed by a rapidly descending group of notes.
    Sense id: en-falloff-en-noun-bFGPXYHL Categories (other): Music, English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 15 59 26 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 70 24 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 16 69 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 84 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 77 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 73 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 72 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 6 70 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 5 74 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 76 21 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  3. (rabbitry) The noticeable retraction and falling movement of a buck from a doe, usually indicating successful insemination.
    Sense id: en-falloff-en-noun-1IFBmeC-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: falloff analysis, falloff test, pressure falloff Related terms: falldown [noun]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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