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collision
collision [ kə lí'n ] (plural collisions)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. crash: the action of two moving vehicles, ships, aircraft, or other objects hitting each other
2. conflict between ideas: a conflict between people or their ideas or beliefs
3. physics exchange of energy between particles: an encounter between two or more particles that come together or close to each other, and exchange or transfer energy
[15th century. < late Latin collision-< Latin collis-, past participle of collidere (see collide)]

collisional adjective
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