collision
noun/kəˈlɪʒn̩/
Etymology From Middle French collision, from Latin collīsiō (“clash, concussion, collision”) (whence -ion (noun suffix denoting action, result, process, state, condition)), from collīsus (“clashed together, conflicted, contended”), past participle of collīdō (“to clash, strike, dash, beat, or press together”) (whence collide), from con- (“together”) + laedō (“to strike, collide, hurt”) (whence col- (assimilated form of com-)).
An instance of colliding.
- He has retired due to the collision.
- At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth, stepped back from the tree and listened. There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorations as the tree had recovered from the collision.1994, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Hippopotamus:
Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics Any event in which two or more bodies exert forces on each other in a relatively short time. In a collision, physical contact of two bodies is not necessary.
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences, Software compilation Abbreviation, Clipping Clipping of naming collision.
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences, Video games Abbreviation, Clipping Clipping of collision detection; tangibility.
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anticollision, collisional, collision attack, collision bulkhead, collision course, collision detection, collisionless, collision mat, collision theory, collision time, COLREGS, Coulomb collision, deep inelastic collision, elastic collision, frontal collision, head-on collision, intercollision, multicollision, naming collision, noncollision, on a collision course, postcollision, precollision, rear-end collision, recollision, supercollision- Hyponyms
- hash collision, naming collision