Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act or process of colliding; a crash or conflict.
- n. Physics A brief dynamic event consisting of the close approach of two or more particles, such as atoms, resulting in an abrupt change of momentum or exchange of energy.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of striking or dashing together; a striking together of two bodies; the meeting and mutual striking or clashing of two or more moving bodies, or of a moving body with a stationary one; specifically, in recent use, the dashing together of two railroad-trains, or of two boats or ships.
- n. Opposition; antagonism; counteraction: as, a collision of interests or of parties.
- n. See extract.
- n. Synonyms Concussion, etc. See shock.
- To collide; strike against.
Wiktionary
- n. An instance of colliding.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing.
- n. A state of opposition; antagonism; interference.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
- n. (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
- n. an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object
Etymologies
- From Late Latin collisio, from Latin collidere, past participle collisus ("to dash together"); see collide. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Late Latin collīsiō, collīsiōn-, from Latin collīsus, past participle of collīdere, to collide; see collide. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“For many observers, this California collision is the de facto NBA Finals.”
“The main reason why it is strongly recommend NOT to ship these web resources is that their generated names, particularly the JavaScript libraries, are not unique and could cause a name collision!”
“Washington subway train collision kills at least one person”
“Just to make it clear, the guy was in collision course with all the other branches of the local federal government just because he had external (Chavez and the other 'Bolivarians') and some internal support.”
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“Christopher crept up the side of the battlefield, staying close to the rocky outcrop (and losing a frigate in collision along the way).”
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“Rutgers 'Eric LeGrand, paralyzed from the neck down Saturday night in an on-field collision, is only the latest reminder of this simple, indisputable fact: the risk is all on the side of the players.”
“The collision is between two concepts of the world order.”
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“Concern about the time that you have taken to appoint directors to the Metro Board is justified, particularly considering the safety issues that have plagued Metro over the past several years, including the June 2009 Red Line train collision, the worst tragedy in Metro's 34-year history," Norton said in a letter she sent to GSA Administrator Martha Johnson.”
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“Squirming through the press and calling his name to the policeman, Smoke saw the Baron, struck in collision by one of the rushers, hurled clean off his feet into the snow.”
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