collide
Etymology
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Etymology
From Latin collidere, from com- ("together") + laedere ("to strike, dash against, hurt"); see lesion.
Pronunciation- (British) IPA: /kəˈlaɪd/
collide (collides, present participle colliding; simple past and past participle collided)
- (intransitive) To impact directly, especially if violent.
- When a body collides with another, then momentum is conserved.
- 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC ↗, (please specify the book or page number):
- No longer rocking and swaying, but clashing and colliding.
- (intransitive) To come into conflict, or be incompatible.
- China collided with the modern world.
- (poetic, intransitive) To meet; to come into contact.
- French: entrer en collision, heurter, percuter
- German: kollidieren, zusammenstoßen, plauzen
- Italian: urtare, scontrarsi
- Portuguese: colidir, chocar (typically reflexive)
- Russian: ста́лкиваться
- Spanish: chocar, tropezar
- German: kollidieren, aufeinander stoßen
- Portuguese: colidir
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