Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An act of colliding; a crash.
- noun A condition of opposition or conflict between two or more people or things.
- noun 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.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To collide; strike against.
- noun 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.
- noun Opposition; antagonism; counteraction: as, a collision of interests or of parties.
- noun See extract.
- noun Synonyms Concussion, etc. See
shock .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing.
- noun A state of opposition; antagonism; interference.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An instance of
colliding .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
- noun (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
- noun an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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For many observers, this California collision is the de facto NBA Finals.
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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!
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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.
Jonathan Weiler: In Coming NFL Labor War, Remember That Players Bear All the Risk
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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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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.
Jonathan Weiler: In Coming NFL Labor War, Remember That Players Bear All the Risk
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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).
Uncharted Seas at Cold Wars 2010 « Third Point of Singularity
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Washington subway train collision kills at least one person
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Washington subway train collision kills at least one person
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Washington subway train collision kills at least one person
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CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Washington subway train collision kills at least one person « - Blogs from CNN. com
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