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free-fall

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free-fall has definition A collapse in which gas clouds do not hit or impede one another. According to ELS, the Galactic halo formed in a free-fall collapse. has source: Croswell, K. 1995 The Alchemy of the Heavens, Anchor Books, 2001-09-27 09:29:54.0
is a kind of collapse

physical process has domain physics 2001-09-27 09:29:38.0

free-fall	has definition A collapse in which gas clouds do not hit or impede one another. According to ELS, the Galactic halo formed in a free-fall collapse.
free-fall	is a kind of collapse
physical process	has domain physics