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Encyclopedia > Fall (disambiguation)
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Fall may refer to: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... It has been suggested that French Wiktionary be merged into this article or section. ...

  • The season of Autumn, also known as Fall
  • Falling, movement due to gravity
    • Free-fall, acceleration which is due only to gravity
  • Waterfall, a geological formation, more typically referred to as "falls" than simply "fall"
  • the height, corresponding to the potential energy, available in a water engineering project, for example to power a waterwheel
  • Astrological fall, a term for a planet in a form of debilitated essential dignity
  • Falling (forestry), various methods employed for cutting down trees; people employed in this practice are known as "fallers"
  • a woman's hairpiece with long, free-hanging hair.
  • in sailing, a halyard, also known as a "fall", is a rope that straightly "falls" at the mast that hoists and lowers the sail
  • the sudden arrival of large numbers of migrating birds on an island or at a coastal headland due to drift migration
  • Fall (EP), a 1990 EP by British band Ride
  • Falling (manga), a manga of the Japanese author Junji Ito
  • Albert B. Fall, a Secretary of the Interior who was involved in the Teapot Dome scandal
  • "Falls", a song by Avail from their 2002 album Front Porch Stories
  • Fall Records, a record label
  • Falling A Records, a record label

The Fall may refer to: Autumn (also known as fall in North American English) is one of the four temperate seasons, the transition from summer into winter. ... Falling is movement due to gravity. ... Free Fall opens with one of the most stunning first paragraphs I have ever, or am ever likely to, read. ... Hopetoun Falls near Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia A waterfall is usually a geological formation resulting from water, often in the form of a stream, flowing over an erosion-resistant rock formation that forms a sudden break in elevation. ... An overshot water wheel standing 42 feet high powers the Old Mill at Berry College in Rome, Georgia A water wheel (also waterwheel, Norse mill, Persian wheel or noria) is a hydropower system; a system for extracting power from a flow of water. ... In astrology, the fall of a planet is the sign or zoidion which is opposite that planets sign of exaltation. ... A wig or toupee is a head of hair—human, horse-hair or synthetic—worn on the head for fashion or various other aesthetic and stylistic reasons, including cultural and religious observance. ... In sailing, a halyard is a line (rope) that is used to hoist (pull up) a sail or a yard to which a sail has been attached (bent on). ... Drift migration is the phenomenon in which migrating birds are blown off course by the winds at the time they are in flight. ... Fall is the third extended player by British band Ride. ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... Front Porch Stories is Avails sixth studio album, and released on Fat Wreck Chords in 2002. ... Fall Records is a United States independent record label based in Baltimore, Maryland. ... Falling A Records was a very important Essex, England based Independent record label formed in the late 1970`s, and heavily involved with the D.I.Y cassette movement of the early 1980s. ...

  • The Fall, a prolific British rock band
  • The Fall (Garth Nix novel), the first novel in The Seventh Tower series
  • The Fall (novel), the third novel written by French writer Albert Camus
  • The Fall of Man, a Jewish and Christian doctrine of man's rebellion against his creator, God, bringing God's condemnation on himself, as described in the story of Adam and Eve
  • The Fall is also used to refer to the sudden devastation of the Eldar race in the Warhammer 40,000 Universe
  • CHERUB: The Fall, is the seventh book in the CHERUB series written by Robert Muchamore

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CalendarHome.com - Autumn - Calendar Encyclopedia (1118 words)
Autumn (also fall in North American English) is one of the four temperate seasons, the transition from summer into winter.
Eastern Canada and the New England region of the United States are famous around the world for the brilliance of their "fall foliage," and a seasonal tourist industry has grown up around the few weeks in autumn when the leaves are at their peak.
Fall foliage tourists are often referred to as "leaf peepers".
Fall (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (282 words)
Fall is the more common North American English word for the season usually known as autumn in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries.
A fall is the sudden arrival of large numbers of migrating birds on an island or at a coastal headland due to drift migration.
The Fall of Man is the Christian doctrine of man's rebellion against his creator God, bringing God's condemnation on himself, as described in the story of Adam and Eve.
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