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

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.

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
• Spanish: caída (es) f

See also

• falldown (noun)