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   Col·li·sion

   /kəˈliZH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. an instance of one moving object or person striking violently against another: "a midair collision between two aircraft" Similar crashaccidentbumpknockimpacthitstrikeclashsmashRTA (road traffic accident)wreckinformal:smash-uppileupprangshunt
   • ▪ an instance of conflict between opposing ideas, interests, or factions: "a collision between experience and theory" Similar conflictclashoppositiondisagreementvarianceincompatibilitycontradictionOpposite coalescence
   • 2. an event of two or more records being assigned the same identifier or location in memory.
   • ▪ an instance of simultaneous transmission by more than one node of a network.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from late Latin collisio(n-), from Latin collidere ‘strike together’ (see collide).

   Derivatives

   • 1. collisional adjective

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