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Falloff

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A reduction or decline.

    "In those portions of District 2 outside of South Boston the falloff in voter participation was dramatic."

  2. 2
    a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality wordnet
  3. 3
    A note immediately followed by a rapidly descending group of notes.

    "Jazz symbols include many contoured articulations and inflections, such as doits, fall-offs, and scoops."

  4. 4
    The noticeable retraction and falling movement of a buck from a doe, usually indicating successful insemination.

Etymology

Deverbal from fall off.

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