Infall

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act or process of falling in.
  • n. An incursion; an inroad.
  • n. The area where water, storm runoff, etc., enters a storm drain.
  • n. 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
  • v. To fall in.
  • v. To undergo infall.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An incursion; an inroad.
  • n. A junction; a falling or running together, as of streams; the joining of one road with another.
  • n. The inlet or place where water enters a reservoir or basin: generally confined to cases where the water in entering pours or falls in.
  • Word Usage
    "The infall is much smaller now, on the order of 5,500 tons per year and most in the form of micrometeorites or even smaller particles of interplanetary dust."
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