collider

noun — 3 senses

collider

noun

US /kəˈlaɪdɚ/

Etymology From collide + -er.

1

Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics Any of several forms of particle accelerator in which two opposing beams of particles collide.

2

Graph theory, Mathematics, Sciences A node in a causal graph that has at least two incoming edges.

3

Video games A model of the shape of an object for purposes of collision detection.

  • The race controller will check for a trigger hit between this player's collider and the start/finish line trigger, but this script has an OnTriggerEnter function to check for triggers used to force a respawn.2014, Jeff W. Murray, C# Game Programming Cookbook for Unity 3D, page 339:
Derived terms
supercollider

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