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
Stena line operates a twice daily roll-on roll-off ferry service between Fishguard and Rosslare in the Republic of Ireland.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2025
Ports in Charleston, Jacksonville, Fla., Newark and Norfolk, Va., can also handle 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
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
As each new plane type reaches scale, costs such as pilot training, engineer certification and spare-parts inventory build will begin to roll off, Creech notes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The first R2s to roll off the company’s production line in Normal, Ill., are the performance version, starting at $57,990.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
Langtree-Marsh said although the name "doesn't exactly roll off the tongue", she was happy the definition "moves away from focusing solely on the ovaries".
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
Roughly 35% of outstanding U.S. options exposure is set to roll off by March 20, when contracts tied to indexes, individual stocks and ETFs and index futures are due to expire on the same day.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 4, 2026
I expected it to roll off into the open backpack, but it stayed in place.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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