downfall

Etymology
From. In this spelling, from 16th century; spelled as two words from 13th century.

Noun

 * 1) A precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth.
 * 2) The cause of such a fall; a critical blow or error.
 * 3) * Orson Scott Card
 * It is the downfall of evil, that it never sees far enough ahead.
 * 1) An act of falling down.
 * 1) * Orson Scott Card
 * It is the downfall of evil, that it never sees far enough ahead.
 * 1) An act of falling down.

Derived terms

 * Operation Downfall

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: süqut, dağılma
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: falego
 * Finnish: kukistuminen,
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:, , rovinio,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Latin: ruīna
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: hinganga
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua: urma
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish:, , decaimiento,
 * Yiddish: אומקומעניש


 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: whakahinganga

Verb

 * 1)  To fall down; deteriorate; decline.
 * 2) * 1998, Lithuanian physics journal:
 * It should be noted that the magnitude of satellites decreases when tuning out of degeneracy, and in the wavelength range of 1.2-1.3 pm it downfalls to the value of 10-15% of the main spike magnitude.
 * 1) * 1998, Lithuanian physics journal:
 * It should be noted that the magnitude of satellites decreases when tuning out of degeneracy, and in the wavelength range of 1.2-1.3 pm it downfalls to the value of 10-15% of the main spike magnitude.