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PRONUNCIATION OF INFALL

infall  [ˈɪnˌfɔːl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INFALL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Infall is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INFALL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of infall in the English dictionary

The first definition of infall in the dictionary is an invasion, an attack upon or incursion into. Other definition of infall is the place where a path or stream meets another, a junction. Infall is also the falling of a stream of water into a body of water, as e.g. a reservoir.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INFALL


ashfall
ˈæʃˌfɔːl
chainfall
ˈtʃeɪnˌfɔːl
deadfall
ˈdɛdˌfɔːl
downfall
ˈdaʊnˌfɔːl
evenfall
ˈiːvənˌfɔːl
footfall
ˈfʊtˌfɔːl
icefall
ˈaɪsˌfɔːl
landfall
ˈlændˌfɔːl
nightfall
ˈnaɪtˌfɔːl
onfall
ˈɒnˌfɔːl
outfall
ˈaʊtˌfɔːl
overfall
ˈəʊvəˌfɔːl
pinfall
ˈpɪnˌfɔːl
pitfall
ˈpɪtˌfɔːl
pratfall
ˈprætˌfɔːl
rainfall
ˈreɪnˌfɔːl
shortfall
ˈʃɔːtˌfɔːl
snowfall
ˈsnəʊˌfɔːl
waterfall
ˈwɔːtəˌfɔːl
windfall
ˈwɪndˌfɔːl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INFALL

inf
infallibilism
infallibilist
infallibility
infallible
infallibleness
infallibly
infame
infamies
infamise
infamize
infamonize
infamous
infamously
infamousness
infamy
infancies
infancy
infangthief
infant

WORDS THAT END LIKE INFALL

acceleration of free fall
backfall
befall
bergfall
catfall
crossfall
dewfall
fall
flag fall
free fall
jawfall
misfall
refall
ride for a fall
rock fall
spatfall
take the fall

Synonyms and antonyms of infall in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «infall» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INFALL

Find out the translation of infall to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of infall from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «infall» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

交叉处
1,325 millions of speakers

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infall
570 millions of speakers

English

infall
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infall
380 millions of speakers
ar

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infall
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infall
278 millions of speakers

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infall
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পড়ে
260 millions of speakers

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infall
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Infall
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

infall
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

落下
130 millions of speakers

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infall
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Infall
85 millions of speakers
vi

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infall
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

infall
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अन्वल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sonbaharda
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

infall
65 millions of speakers

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infall
50 millions of speakers

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infall
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

infall
30 millions of speakers
el

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infall
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af

Translator English - Afrikaans

infall
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

infall
10 millions of speakers
no

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infall
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Trends of use of infall

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INFALL»

The term «infall» is regularly used and occupies the 72.938 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INFALL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about infall

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INFALL»

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Turbulent Mixing of Chemical Elements in Galaxies
3.3.2 Episodic Infall One possibility to reconcile the infall models with the observed scatter is that the infall is episodic and we are presently in a lull between infall bursts. In this case, infall gas from last burst might have already been mixed and ...
Liubin Pan, 2008
2
Accretion Processes in Star Formation
The infall velocity thus approaches the surface escape velocity when Rm » R,. Figure 6.7 shows a sample of Ha line profiles for T Tauri stars. One notes that the emission lines are quite wide, with velocities typically ~ +200 km s~1 from line ...
Lee Hartmann, 2000
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Protostars and Planets V
Rotational velocity (left) and infall velocity (right) are plotted as a function of radius (from Belloche et al., 2002). The inner part of the envelope is rapidly collapsing and rotating, while the outer part undergoes only moderate infall and slower ...
Bo Reipurth, David Jewitt, Klaus Keil, 2007
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Materia Oscura Nell'universo
A re-analysis of the Aaronson et al. data by Kraan-Korteweg [24] favored lower values of the Virgocentric infall, of about 200 kms~'. Using the relative distance moduli of Virgo and nearby clusters, Jerjen and Tammann [25] obtained a Hubble ...
Silvio Bonometto, Joel R. Primack, Antonello Provenzale, 1996
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Molecules in Astrophysics: Probes and Processes
1996 Wang et al. 1995 Ward-Thompson et al. 1996 Gregersen et al. 1996 4. Complications So far, we have presented observations which are consistent with detecting infall. Real clouds show motions such as turbulence, rotation, and outflow.
International Astronomical Union. Symposium, Ewine F. van Dishoeck, 1997
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The Chemical Evolution of the Galaxy
the most common parametrizations adopted in the literature for the infall rate ( usually expressed in terms of surface gas density): • constant in space and time, which is obviously not very realistic, • exponentially decreasing in time and constant ...
Francesca Matteucci, 2003
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Diffuse Matter from Star Forming Regions to Active Galaxies: ...
The classic signature of infall is that of an optically thick line that is double- peaked with a “blue” wing that is stronger than the “red” (Zhou 1992), together with an optically thin single-peaked line of a higher transition or of a rarer isotopomer.
T. W. Hartquist, Julian Mark Pittard, Samuel A. E. G. Falle, 2007
8
Chemical Evolution of Galaxies
2.15 Various infall laws for the Milky Way. The dark matter halos were selected by assuming a mass between 5 1011 and 5 1012Mˇ. In the top left panel is shown the two-infall law for gas accretion (continuous line): the first infall episode is ...
Francesca Matteucci, 2012
9
Outskirts of Galaxy Clusters (IAU C195): Intense Life in the ...
The so-called .triple- value' region (Tonry and Davis 1981) around a cluster provides a signature of infall that depends on the mass of the cluster. Theoretical models demonstrate the properties of infall in 3-dimensions (Bertschinger 1985).
Antonaldo Diaferio, 2004
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The Origin of Stars and Planetary Systems
Since then the case for infall in cores with embedded candidate protostars has strengthened, through the survey work of Gregersen et al (1997) and Mardones et al (1997). 5.2. INFALL ASYMMETRY IN STARLESS CORES "Starless" cores are ...
Charles J. Lada, N.D. Kylafis, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INFALL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term infall is used in the context of the following news items.
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Colorado astronomer explains the strange dust hanging above the …
The dust cloud is generated by the infall of micrometeoroids onto the surface, which in turn kick up a lot of dust, even to high altitudes. We did ... «State Column, Jul 15»
2
Charleys tant på Gunnebo sommarteater
Med sina infall sätter han ibland medspelarna i gungning. Jan Malmsjö, som även får använda sin dramatiska excellens och ta ut det teatrala ... «Göteborgs-Posten, Jul 15»
3
If Earth hit the surface of a black hole 'it would become a hologram …
In the paper, he wrote: "Even though the infalling object must stop at the fuzzball surface, the dynamics of the impact could mimic infall through ... «International Business Times UK, Jun 15»
4
Rare Quadruple Quasar: Black Holes Blew Astronomers Minds …
Quasars constitute a brief phase of galaxy evolution, powered by the infall of matter onto a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy. «Headlines & Global News, May 15»
5
The cosmic evolution of galaxies
... finding the most useful definition for the mass ratio of the merging galaxies and constraining the epoch of mass infall during a collision. «Phys.Org, May 15»
6
Dark matter interaction with itself is 'tiny-but-not-zero' (Includes …
He further says: "Such offsets are not seen in field galaxies, but are predicted during the long infall [the merge] to a cluster, if dark matter ... «Digital Journal, May 15»
7
Messenger Crashes, Its Results Endure
She and her colleagues first estimated that the infall of comets and cometary dust over the past 200 million years could have infused the top ... «Sky & Telescope, May 15»
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Imaging a supernova with neutrinos
... patterns of emission during the star's infall, accretion of matter, and then post-supernova cooling. Black hole formation would create a sudden ... «Ars Technica, Mar 15»
9
No Such Thing as a Black Hole?
In Mersini-Houghton's analysis, the resulting energy and opposing pressure become so intense that it stops the infall, reverses it, and flings ... «Discover Magazine, Feb 15»
10
Black hole chokes on a swallowed star
... stellar matter was generating so much radiation that it pushed back on the infall. The black hole was choking on the rapidly infalling matter. «Astronomy Magazine, Jan 15»

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