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collider

noun
/kəˈlaɪdɚ/US

Etymology

From collide + -er.

  1. derived from collidere
  2. suffixed as collider — “collide + er”

Definitions

  1. Any of several forms of particle accelerator in which two opposing beams of particles…

    Any of several forms of particle accelerator in which two opposing beams of particles collide.

  2. A node in a causal graph that has at least two incoming edges.

  3. 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for collider. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA