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Word: Collision
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from late Latin collisio(n-), from Latin collidere ‘strike together’ (see collide)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kəˈlɪʒn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an instance of one moving object or person striking violently against another
Short Definition:instance of colliding
Examples:- a mid-air collision between two aircraft
- his car was in collision with a lorry
Definition:
an instance of two or more records being assigned the same identifier or location in memory.
Short Definition:two or more records being assigned same location
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