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free fall

motion of a body where its weight is the only force acting upon it; any motion of a body where gravity is the only force acting upon it
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Summary

free fall ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,940 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: uniformly accelerated motion[2], fall[3]
  • Part of: classical mechanics[4]
  • Commons category: Free fall[5]
  • Has cause: gravity[6]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[7], Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[8], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[9]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10]

Why It Matters

free fall has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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