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"the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction"noun(physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
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"a collision of interests"nouna conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goalstype of:
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"three passengers were killed in the collision" "the collision of the two ships resulted in a serious oil spill"nounan accident resulting from violent impact of a moving objecttype of:
Definition that contains collision
- blow an impact (as from a collision)
- bump an impact (as from a collision)
- smash a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)
- scattering the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions
- pileup multiple collisions of vehicles
- pion a meson involved in holding the nucleus together; produced as the result of high-energy particle collision
- slapstick a boisterous comedy with chases and collisions and practical jokes
- impaction a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something
- smash-up a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)
- cosmic ray highly penetrating ionizing radiation of extraterrestrial origin; consisting chiefly of protons and alpha particles; collision with atmospheric particles results in rays and particles of many kinds