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collision (ke'lizen) NOUN

1. a violent impact of moving objects; crash. 2. the conflict of opposed ideas, wishes, attitudes, etc.:

a collision of interests. 3. Physics an event in which two or more bodies or particles come together with

a resulting change of direction and, normally, energy.

HISTORY C15: from Late Latin collisio from Latin collidere to COLLIDE *

 

* 'Collins English Dictionary', HarperCollins Publishers, ISBN 0-00-719752-7

 

 

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