falloff

See also: fall off and fall-off

English

Alternative forms

• fall-off

Etymology

Deverbal from fall off.

Pronunciation

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Noun

falloff (plural falloffs)

1. A reduction or decline.

   Synonym: drop-off

   • 1983 December 31, Robert P. Wasson Jr., “"Whither BL/GPA?"—A Response”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 24, page 5:

     In those portions of District 2 outside of South Boston the falloff in voter participation was dramatic.

2. (music) A note immediately followed by a rapidly descending group of notes.
   • 1995, Music & Computers, volume 1, numbers 2-4, page 57:

     Jazz symbols include many contoured articulations and inflections, such as doits, fall-offs, and scoops.

3. (rabbitry) The noticeable retraction and falling movement of a buck from a doe, usually indicating successful insemination.

Derived terms

• falloff analysis
• falloff test
• pressure falloff

Translations

A reduction or decline

Bulgarian: упадък (bg) m (upadǎk), западане (bg) n (zapadane) Galician: caída (gl) f Polish: spadek (pl) m Spanish: caída (es) f

See also

• falldown (noun)