collider
/kəˈlaɪdɚ/
collider noun: any of several forms of particle accelerator in which two opposing beams of particles collide.
Noun
collider (plural colliders)
- Any of several forms of particle accelerator in which two opposing beams of particles collide.
- A node in a causal graph that has at least two incoming edges.
- A model of the shape of an object for purposes of collision detection.
- The race controller will check for a trigger hit between this player's collider and the start/finish line trigger, but this script has an OnTriggerEnter function to check for triggers used to force a respawn.2014, Jeff W. Murray, C# Game Programming Cookbook for Unity 3D, page 339
Forms of collider
| plural | colliders |
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Origin of collider
From collide + -er.
Words formed from collider
Questions about collider
- What does collider mean?
- Collider means any of several forms of particle accelerator in which two opposing beams of particles collide.
- What part of speech is collider?
- Collider is a noun.
- How do you pronounce collider?
- Collider is pronounced /kəˈlaɪdɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of collider?
- The plural of collider is colliders.
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