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collision

noun
/kəˈlɪʒn̩/

Etymology

From Middle French collision, from Late Latin collīsiō, from Latin collīdere, past participle collīsus (“to dash together”); see collide. cf. allision.

  1. derived from collīdere
  2. derived from collīsiō
  3. borrowed from collision

Definitions

  1. An instance of colliding.

    • He has retired due to the collision.

  2. Any event in which two or more bodies exert forces on each other in a relatively short…

    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.

  3. Clipping of naming collision.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Clipping of collision detection

      Clipping of collision detection; tangibility.

The neighborhood

Derived

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, head-on collision, intercollision, multicollision, naming collision, noncollision, on a collision course, postcollision, precollision, rear-end collision, recollision, supercollision

Vish — recursive loop

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

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