Collision

  • 21collision — 01. One man is dead, and another in hospital after a [collision] between a truck and a sports car on the highway this morning. 02. Balou was slightly injured in the basketball game after [colliding] with another player on his team. 03. The pilots …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 22collision — [[t]kəlɪ̱ʒ(ə)n[/t]] collisions 1) N VAR: oft N with/between n A collision occurs when a moving object crashes into something. They were on their way to the Shropshire Union Canal when their van was involved in a collision with a car... I saw a… …

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  • 23COLLISION — n. m. Choc de deux corps. Les physiciens expliquent plusieurs phénomènes par la collision des corps. Il y a souvent en mer des collisions de navires. Collision de deux trains de chemin de fer. Il se dit, par extension, de la Rencontre violente,… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 24collision — noun (C, U) 1 an accident in which two or more people or vehicles hit each other while moving in different directions (+with): The school bus was involved in a collision with a truck. | head on collision (=between two vehicles moving directly… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 25collision — collisional, adj. /keuh lizh euhn/, n. 1. the act of colliding; a coming violently into contact; crash: the collision of two airplanes. 2. a clash; conflict: a collision of purposes. 3. Physics. the meeting of particles or of bodies in which each …

    Universalium

  • 26collision — The act of striking or dashing together of two bodies, the meeting and mutual striking or clashing of two or more moving bodies or of as moving body with a stationary body. Great American Mot. Indem. Co. v Jones, 111 Ohio St 84, 144 NE 596, 35… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 27collision — (kol li zion ; en poésie, de quatre syllabes) s. f. 1°   Terme de physique. Choc entre deux corps. 2°   Fig. Lutte, choc de partis animés de prétentions contraires. On craint une collision entre la troupe et la population. HISTORIQUE    XVIe s.… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 28collision — noun 1) a collision in the passing lane Syn: crash, accident, impact, smash, bump, hit, fender bender, wreck, pileup 2) a collision between two ideas Syn: conflict, clash; disagreeme …

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  • 29collision — susidūrimas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. collision vok. Kollision, f; Stoß, m; Zusammenstoß, m rus. соударение, n; столкновение, n pranc. collision, f …

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  • 30collision — n. 1 a violent impact of a moving body, esp. a vehicle or ship, with another or with a fixed object. 2 the clashing of opposed interests or considerations. 3 Physics the action of particles striking or coming together. Phrases and idioms:… …

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