supercollision

noun — 3 senses

supercollision

noun

Etymology From super- + collision.

1

A very powerful or large-scale collision.

  • Is it possible that the majority of asteroids were born is ^([sic]) this very supercollision that created the moon?1994, Alexei V. Byalko, Nuclear Waste Disposal: Geophysical Safety, volume 1, page 165:
2

Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics The kind of high-energy collision that occurs in a supercollider.

3

Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics The simultaneous collision of three or more particles.

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