infall

English

noun
Definitions
  • The act or process of falling in.
  • An incursion; an inroad.
  • (countable) The area where water, storm runoff, etc., enters a storm drain.
  • (astronomy) 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

Etymology

Prefix from English fall.

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fall

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