collision

[ kuh-lizh-uh n ]
/ kəˈlɪʒ ən /

noun

the act of colliding; a coming violently into contact; crash: the collision of two airplanes.
a clash; conflict: a collision of purposes.
Physics. the meeting of particles or of bodies in which each exerts a force upon the other, causing the exchange of energy or momentum.

Origin of collision

1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin collīsiōn- (stem of collīsiō), equivalent to collīs(us) (past participle of collīdere to collide) + -iōn- -ion

OTHER WORDS FROM collision

col·li·sion·al, adjective an·ti·col·li·sion, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH collision

collision collusion

Words nearby collision

collinsville, collip, colliquation, colliquative, colliquative necrosis, collision, collision course, collision density, collision diameter, collision insurance, collision zone

Example sentences from the Web for anticollision

  • They had come close enough to each other to activate their anticollision safeties.

    The Cosmic Computer |Henry Beam Piper

British Dictionary definitions for anticollision

collision
/ (kəˈlɪʒən) /

noun

a violent impact of moving objects; crash
the conflict of opposed ideas, wishes, attitudes, etc a collision of interests
physics an event in which two or more bodies or particles come together with a resulting change of direction and, normally, energy

Word Origin for collision

C15: from Late Latin collīsiō from Latin collīdere to collide