infall

== English == === Etymology === From in- +‎ fall. === Pronunciation === Noun IPA(key): /ˈɪnfɔːl/ Verb IPA(key): /ɪnˈfɔːl/ Rhymes: -ɔːl === Noun === infall (countable and uncountable, plural infalls) The act or process of falling in. An incursion; an inroad. 1650, Oliver Cromwell, a letter we learn that Ker , with his Western Army , was lying at a place called Carmunnock , when he made this infall upon Lambert (countable) The area where water, storm runoff, etc., enters a storm drain. (astronomy, uncountable) Movement towards a massive astronomical body under the influence of gravity; especially the process whereby gas falls towards a neutron star or black hole at high speed, forming a plasma === Verb === infall (third-person singular simple present infalls, present participle infalling, simple past infell, past participle infallen) (intransitive) To fall in. (intransitive, astronomy) To undergo infall. ==== Derived terms ==== infalling === References === Urban Exploration Resource === Anagrams === Fallin, fall in, fallin' == Swedish == === Etymology === Deverbal from falla in (“to realize”). Cognate of Danish indfald, Middle Low German and Dutch inval, German Einfall. === Pronunciation === === Noun === infall n a sudden idea, a whim ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== ingivelse === References === “infall”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “infall”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “infall”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)