Collider

//kəˈlaɪdɚ// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several forms of particle accelerator in which two opposing beams of particles collide.
  2. 2
    an accelerator in which two beams of particles are forced to collide head on wordnet
  3. 3
    A node in a causal graph that has at least two incoming edges.
  4. 4
    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."

Example

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"Results from the Large Hadron Collider mean that supersymmetry theorists may have to come up with a new theory of sub-atomic physics."

Etymology

From collide + -er.

Related phrases

collision detectionparticle accelerator

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