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infallen

infallen is the past participle of infall.

Meaning of infall

Verb

infall (third-person singular simple present infalls, present participle infalling, simple past infell, past participle infallen)

  1. (intransitive) To fall in.
  2. (intransitive) To undergo infall.
    • After this time the beam mass loss rate decreases since once the expansion wave radius is larger than the beam, material initially outside the beam starts to infall and compensate for material which is collapsing at centre of the core [...]1997, Bo Reipurth, Claude Bertout, Herbig-Haro flows and the birth of low mass stars

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Adjective

infallen (not comparable)

  1. Having fallen or collapsed inward.
    • infallen debris

Questions about infallen

What does infallen mean?
Infallen means having fallen or collapsed inward.
What is infallen the past participle of?
Infallen is the past participle of infall.
What part of speech is infallen?
Infallen is an adjective.

Words near infallen in the dictionary

  1. infact
  2. infair
  3. infairness
  4. infairs
  5. infall
  6. infallen
  7. infaller
  8. infallers
  9. infallibilism
  10. infallibilisms
  11. infallibilist

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