Electronics. the rate of loss or attenuation of a signal beyond a certain frequency.
Aeronautics. the tendency of an airplane to lower one wing under varying conditions of flight.
Noun use of verb phrase roll off
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Take for instance roll-on roll-off ferries that typically carry passengers, trucks and cargo, but are now built to defense standards and train with the military.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025
Automobiles are transported in vessels known as roll-on, roll-off ships.
From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2024
Months later, an inspector saw an Eco Waste Solutions truck deposit a roll-off container on the Cheverly property.
From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2023
The roll-on roll-off ferry operated between Dover and Zeebrugge.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2022
It will be the height of divarshin to see the roll-off they’ll get below there at the foot of the hill....”
From Humours of Irish Life by Various
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