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supercollision

supercollision noun: a very powerful or large-scale collision.

Noun

supercollision (plural supercollisions)

  1. A very powerful or large-scale collision.
    • Is it possible that the majority of asteroids were born is ^([sic]) this very supercollision that created the moon?1994, Alexei V. Byalko, Nuclear Waste Disposal: Geophysical Safety, volume 1, page 165
  2. The kind of high-energy collision that occurs in a supercollider.
  3. The simultaneous collision of three or more particles.

Forms of supercollision

pluralsupercollisions

Origin of supercollision

From super- + collision.

Questions about supercollision

What does supercollision mean?
Supercollision means a very powerful or large-scale collision.
What part of speech is supercollision?
Supercollision is a noun.
What is the plural of supercollision?
The plural of supercollision is supercollisions.

Words near supercollision in the dictionary

  1. supercollapsars
  2. supercollider
  3. supercolliders
  4. supercollimation
  5. supercollimations
  6. supercollision
  7. supercollisions
  8. supercolonial
  9. supercoloniality
  10. supercolonies
  11. supercolony

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