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
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
Every fiddler, flute-player, drummer, and curlecued horn-man in Europe has been brought over here to thunder-out and roll-off billows of sound for people to pay for and wonder at.
From Phemie Frost's Experiences by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
“I’m not doing a finger roll off the glass move. I’m attacking the basket and I’m shaking the whole backboard. I think from that point on, everyone knew, ‘Stoud, he’s going to the NBA.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 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
When QE ends, term deposits would roll off unless renewed, and the balance sheet would shrink by default.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
Alliteration and memorable one liners roll off him, like when he told NBC host Mike Tirico that skater Ilia Malinin’s scores were “off the FM dial.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Literally, I bite down on the tip of my tongue to stop the words that are about to roll off it.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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