noun A single instance of two things colliding.
- The collision between the lorry and the van blocked the road for hours.
- A minor collision in the car park left a dent in the door.
- Nobody was hurt in the collision at the junction.
- He has retired due to the collision.
noun A short way of saying 'naming collision'.
- Two libraries defined the same function name, causing a collision in the code.
- Renaming the variable fixed the collision that stopped the program compiling.
- Namespaces help avoid a collision when two teams choose identical names.
noun A short way of saying 'collision detection', or the quality of being solid enough to collide with other objects.
- The character walks through walls because the developer forgot to turn on collision.
- Turn collision off on the decorative flowers so players can walk past.
- Without collision, the ball just fell straight through the floor.
