the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective-and-noun. from fall, v. i.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. That which falls or drops; a dropping.
n. That which sinks; a hollow: as, risings and fallings in the ground.
n. In pathology, displacement of a part or organ downward: as, falling of the womb or of the eyelid. See prolapsus, ptosis.
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adj. decreasing in amount or degree
adj. becoming lower or less in degree or value
adj. coming down freely under the influence of gravity
Word Usage
"Extend the exercise so as to produce with each element, and with all the various intervals, a series or succession of rising and falling intervals, thus: _rising, falling, rising, falling_, etc."