collision
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle French collision, from Late Latin collīsiō, from Latin collīdere, past participle collīsus ("to dash together"); see collide.
Pronunciation- IPA: /kəˈlɪʒən/
collision
- An instance of colliding.
- 1994, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Hippopotamus:
- 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.
- (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.
- (compilation) Clipping of naming collision
- (computing, chiefly video games) Clipping of collision detection; tangibility.
- French: collision
- German: Zusammenstoß, Kollision
- Italian: collisione
- Portuguese: colisão
- Russian: столкнове́ние
- Spanish: colisión
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