Collision Definition

Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • 1.3 Noun
    • 1.3.1 Derived terms
    • 1.3.2 Related terms
    • 1.3.3 Translations
    • 1.3.4 External links
• 2 French
  • 2.1 Pronunciation
  • 2.2 Noun

English

Etymology

< Late Latin collisio < Latin collidere, past participle collisus (“to dash together”); see collide.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪʒən

Noun

collision (plural collisions)

1. An instance of colliding.

Derived terms

• collision course
• collisional

Related terms

• collide

External links

• collision in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• collision in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

collision f. (plural collisions)

1. collision (an instance of colliding)

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