"collisionless" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: collision + -less Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|collision|less}} collision + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} collisionless (not comparable)
  1. (physics, of an interaction, or of the transfer of energy) That does not involve a collision between particles, bodies, plasmas or waves. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-collisionless-en-adj-pXj3uLjL Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. (computing theory) Without the possibility of data packets colliding on the network. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Theory of computing
    Sense id: en-collisionless-en-adj-IdGE-SJ8 Topics: computing, computing-theory, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  3. (computing theory) Without the possibility of items having the same value, which would prevent reliable lookup. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Theory of computing
    Sense id: en-collisionless-en-adj-PBtOqg~e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 20 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 26 29 45 Topics: computing, computing-theory, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: collisionlessly

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