"collision" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kəˈlɪʒən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-collision.wav [Southern-England] Forms: collisions [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪʒən Etymology: From Middle French collision, from Late Latin collīsiō, from Latin collīdere, past participle collīsus (“to dash together”); see collide. cf. allision. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|collision}} Middle French collision, {{der|en|LL.|collīsiō}} Late Latin collīsiō, {{der|en|la|collīdere}} Latin collīdere, {{m|la|collīsus||to dash together}} collīsus (“to dash together”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} collision (countable and uncountable, plural collisions)
  1. An instance of colliding. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (instance of colliding): κροῦσις (kroûsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), σύρραξις (súrrhaxis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), تَصَادُّم (taṣāddum) [masculine] (Arabic), اِصْطِدَام (iṣṭidām) [masculine] (Arabic), բախում (baxum) (Armenian), toqquşma (Azerbaijani), talka (Basque), сутыкне́нне (sutyknjénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), сблъ́скване (sblǎ́skvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), col·lisió [feminine] (Catalan), 碰撞 (pèngzhuàng) (Chinese Mandarin), srážka [feminine] (Czech), kollision [common-gender] (Danish), botsing [feminine] (Dutch), kolizio (Esperanto), kolari (Finnish), yhteentörmäys (Finnish), törmäys (Finnish), collision [feminine] (French), colisión [feminine] (Galician), შეჯახება (šeǯaxeba) (Georgian), დაჯახება (daǯaxeba) (Georgian), Zusammenstoß [masculine] (German), Kollision [feminine] (German), σύγκρουση (sýgkrousi) [feminine] (Greek), הִתנַגְשׁוּת (hitnagshut) [feminine] (Hebrew), टक्कर (ṭakkar) [feminine] (Hindi), ütközés (Hungarian), árekstur [masculine] (Icelandic), ákeyrsla [feminine] (Icelandic), collisione [feminine] (Italian), 衝突 (shōtotsu) (alt: しょうとつ) (Japanese), 충돌 (chungdol) (alt: 衝突) (Korean), collisio [feminine] (Latin), conflictus [masculine] (Latin), судир (sudir) [masculine] (Macedonian), tūtakitanga (Maori), hūtakitanga (Maori), kollisjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kollisjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), برخورد (bar-xord) (Persian), kolizja [feminine] (Polish), zderzenie [neuter] (Polish), colisão [feminine] (Portuguese), ciocnire [feminine] (Romanian), coliziune [feminine] (Romanian), столкнове́ние (stolknovénije) [neuter] (Russian), колли́зия (kollízija) [feminine] (Russian), су̏да̄р [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sȕdār [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zrážka [feminine] (Slovak), trk [masculine] (Slovene), trčenje [neuter] (Slovene), colisión [feminine] (Spanish), kollision [common-gender] (Swedish), kollidering [common-gender] (Swedish), krock [common-gender] (Swedish), зі́ткнення (zítknennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), зуда́р (zudár) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ٹَکْراو (ṭakrāv) [feminine] (Urdu), ٹَکَّر (ṭakkar) [feminine] (Urdu), tsoo (White Hmong), анньыһыы (annyıhıı) (Yakut)
    Sense id: en-collision-en-noun-DcRjvd2K Disambiguation of 'instance of colliding': 80 4 8 8
  2. (physics) Any event in which two or more bodies exert forces on each other in a relatively short time. In a collision, physical contact of two bodies is not necessary. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-collision-en-noun-EZl9SIqf Categories (other): American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts Disambiguation of American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts: 1 42 47 10 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  3. (software compilation) Clipping of naming collision. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: naming collision Categories (topical): Compilation
    Sense id: en-collision-en-noun-vgm3FWxP Categories (other): American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts: 1 42 47 10 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 28 51 17 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software-compilation
  4. (computing, chiefly video games) Clipping of collision detection; tangibility. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: collision detection (extra: tangibility) Categories (topical): Computing, Video games
    Sense id: en-collision-en-noun-NMidEwhd Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, video-games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: hash collision, naming collision Related terms: collide Coordinate_terms: allision

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "word": "kolari"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "word": "yhteentörmäys"
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          "sense": "instance of colliding",
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "instance of colliding",
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          "_dis1": "80 4 8 8",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "colisión"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 4 8 8",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šeǯaxeba",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "word": "შეჯახება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 4 8 8",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "daǯaxeba",
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          "word": "დაჯახება"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Zusammenstoß"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
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          "word": "Kollision"
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        {
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "sýgkrousi",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "σύγκρουση"
        },
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "kroûsis",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
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          "roman": "súrrhaxis",
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          "_dis1": "80 4 8 8",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hitnagshut",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "הִתנַגְשׁוּת"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 4 8 8",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ṭakkar",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "टक्कर"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 4 8 8",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "word": "ütközés"
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          "_dis1": "80 4 8 8",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "árekstur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 4 8 8",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ákeyrsla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 4 8 8",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "collisione"
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          "alt": "しょうとつ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shōtotsu",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "word": "衝突"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 4 8 8",
          "alt": "衝突",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "chungdol",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "word": "충돌"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 4 8 8",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "collisio"
        },
        {
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "conflictus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 4 8 8",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "sudir",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "судир"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 4 8 8",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "word": "tūtakitanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 4 8 8",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "word": "hūtakitanga"
        },
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          "_dis1": "80 4 8 8",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "kollisjon"
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
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          "word": "kollisjon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 4 8 8",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bar-xord",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "word": "برخورد"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 4 8 8",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "kolizja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 4 8 8",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "zderzenie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 4 8 8",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "colisão"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 4 8 8",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ciocnire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 4 8 8",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "coliziune"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 4 8 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "stolknovénije",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "столкнове́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 4 8 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kollízija",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "колли́зия"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 4 8 8",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "су̏да̄р"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 4 8 8",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "sȕdār"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 4 8 8",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zrážka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 4 8 8",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "trk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 4 8 8",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "instance of colliding",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "trčenje"
        },
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chungdol",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "word": "충돌"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "collisio"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "conflictus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sudir",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "судир"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "word": "tūtakitanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "word": "hūtakitanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kollisjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kollisjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bar-xord",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "word": "برخورد"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kolizja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zderzenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "colisão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ciocnire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coliziune"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stolknovénije",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "столкнове́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kollízija",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "колли́зия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "су̏да̄р"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sȕdār"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zrážka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "trčenje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "colisión"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kollision"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kollidering"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "krock"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zítknennja",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "зі́ткнення"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zudár",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зуда́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ṭakrāv",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ٹَکْراو"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ṭakkar",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ٹَکَّر"
    },
    {
      "code": "mww",
      "lang": "White Hmong",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "word": "tsoo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "annyıhıı",
      "sense": "instance of colliding",
      "word": "анньыһыы"
    }
  ],
  "word": "collision"
}

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