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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Collision \Col*li"sion\, n. [L. collisio, fr collidere. See {Collide}.] 1. The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing. 2. A state of opposition; antagonism; interference. The collision of contrary false principles. --Bp. Warburton Sensitive to the most trifling collisions. --W. Irving. Syn: Conflict; clashing; encounter; opposition. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: collision n 1: an event in which two or more bodies come together [syn: {hit}] 2: the act of colliding with something [syn: {crash}, {smash}] 3: an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object; "three passengers were killed in the collision"; "the collision of the two ships resulted in a serious oil spill" From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: collision 1.When two {hosts} transmit on a {network} at once causing their {packets} to collide and corrupt each other See {collision detection}. 2. {hash collision}. (1995-01-06)
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