collision
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Late Latin collisio, from Latin collidere, past participle collisus (“to dash together”); see collide.
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -ɪʒən
Noun [edit]
collision (plural collisions)
- An instance of colliding.
- 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus Chapter 2
- At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth, stepped back from the tree and listened. There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorations as the tree had recovered from the collision.
- 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus Chapter 2
Derived terms [edit]
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
instance of colliding
External links [edit]
- collision in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- collision in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
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Noun [edit]
collision f (plural collisions)
