Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
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.
noun
- a violent impact of moving objects; crash
- the conflict of opposed ideas, wishes, attitudes, etca 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
early 15c., from Middle French collision (15c.), from Latin collisionem (nominative collisio) “a dashing together,” noun of action from collidere (see collide).