What do you mean by free fall?

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Hint: Free fall is the motion of an object where only gravity acts upon it. The gravitation acceleration is represented by g.

Definition of Freefall

When a body exclusively moves under the influence of the Earth's gravity, the body is said to be in a freefall.

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Examples of free fall

A few of the common examples of free fall are given below – 

  • A stone falling into an empty well.
  • Ball thrown in a projectile motion.
  • A spacecraft in a continuous orbit.

Hence, we can understand that when an object is thrown from a given height, gravity causes it to descend towards the surface of the Earth in a free fall motion.


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