"roll off" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈɹol ˈɔf/ [General-American] Forms: rolls off [present, singular, third-person], rolling off [participle, present], rolled off [participle, past], rolled off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} roll off (third-person singular simple present rolls off, present participle rolling off, simple past and past participle rolled off)
  1. (aviation, of an aircraft) To spontaneously roll suddenly and rapidly to one side or the other upon entering a stall (due to one wing stalling slightly before the other does, combined with the reduced effectiveness of ailerons for roll control at high angles of attack). Categories (topical): Aviation
    Sense id: en-roll_off-en-verb-rRrj2DjL Categories (other): English phrasal verbs with particle (off) Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 17 29 31 22 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. To come off (something) with a rolling motion. Derived forms: rolloff, roll-on roll-off
    Sense id: en-roll_off-en-verb-oTnNOWju Categories (other): English phrasal verbs with particle (off) Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 17 29 31 22
  3. To come from an assembly line.
    Sense id: en-roll_off-en-verb-03oVp-q8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 27 35 22 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 17 29 31 22
  4. (electronics) To show reduced response at the upper or lower limits of a frequency range. Categories (topical): Electronics
    Sense id: en-roll_off-en-verb-CFCyitLf Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English phrasal verbs with particle (off) Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 17 29 31 22 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Inflected forms

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