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  • noun physics A repeat collision between two particles (such as an electron and an ion) which have collided before.

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re- +‎ collision

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Examples

  • But they want to observe the electron recollision process which occurs in the attosecond time-scale -- an attosecond is just 10-18 seconds.

    Technology Trends 2008

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