落体

落體
luòtǐ
noun #35,577

Meanings

  1. 1 falling body (physics)
  2. 2 object in free fall

Examples

Jiālìlüè yánjiūle luòtǐ yùndòng.
Galileo studied the motion of falling bodies.
Zìyóu luòtǐ de jiāsùdù dàyuē shì jiǔ diǎn bā mǐ měi miǎo píngfāng.
The acceleration of a free-falling body is about 9.8 m/s².

Tips

usage
落体 is a physics term — ('fall') + ('body / object'). The textbook phrase you'll see most is 自由落体 (zìyóu luòtǐ), 'free-falling body', referring to motion under gravity alone. Outside physics class, this word is rare.

Stroke Order

luò